The $250bn cost of Kevin Rudd: a tale of waste and spending

[mellie]

The $250bn cost of Kevin Rudd: a tale of waste and spending

by: HENRY ERGAS AND JUDITH SLOAN
From: The Australian
August 03, 2013 12:00AM

THE era of Kevin, interrupted by the Julia interlude, has been a roller-coaster ride. Having promised Howard-lite and fiscal conservatism, the excuse of the global financial crisis unleashed a period of rapid growth in government spending, successive budget deficits and mounting public debt under Kevin Rudd's guidance.

Now, with Rudd's return, Labor has launched a charm offensive that seeks to whitewash the past: it is as if aliens from Mars, fortunately departed, had been in charge. But the damage of that era cannot be wiped out so easily.

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[Rorschach]

None of them seem to agree with the rusted-ons we have to put up with here.
Gee I wonder why.