Analysis

Budget 2016: Despite rhetoric, spending is up and Canberra will benefit

By Markus Mannheim
Updated April 23 2018 - 11:16pm, first published May 4 2016 - 11:32am

It could be said that a budget that pleases Canberra displeases the rest of the country. Few voters outside this city celebrate their taxes being spent on extra public servants.

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