Hawke,Keating,Howard agree budget is urgent

As predicted, labor and the greens have not been honest with the public. I guess admitting to blowing the budget up was never going to be easy. It means you can't manage the economy. I bet you won't find this article on the ABC or at the SMH, so read a bit of the real news from the Australian out this morning.


THE trio of former prime ministers who implemented major reforms to the economy have called for the budget to be urgently repaired and the government and opposition to unite behind a transformative economic policy agenda.

The exclusive interviews with former prime ministers Bob Hawke, Paul Keating and John Howard come as the National Archives of Australia today opens the cabinet papers from 1988-89.

The papers serve as a timely reminder of an era of groundbreaking economic, social and environmental policy change.

Mr Hawke, prime minister from 1983 to 1991, said there was a need to educate the electorate about the economic challenges facing the country and convince voters of the need for reform.

The deteriorating budget bottom line had to be addressed because governments “can’t just keep pushing up taxes”, he said.