Back in the black: it's all a bit too cute

Thursday, 15 July 2010 08:53

OOPS, we were only out by $13,000,000,000 in our estimates... It seems the Government is admitting the budget numbers were all wrong two weeks ago, despite then ridiculing all and sundry as liars or not understanding the now discredited super tax. But is this legitimate or does it simply suit the Government's pre-election narrative to revise the numbers? Read Michael Stutchbury's take on the mining tax debacle. What do you think?

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