Actually, that’s a slight understatement. I
really like it.
Back in the day, living in Melbourne, I might, possibly, have paid for a taxi to get home from a late finish at the office, because the tram would have got me home too late to see the beginning of the Treasurer’s speech.
I know.
But indulge me just for a minute.
See, to me, the Budget is an annual example of what we otherwise see only every few years: Australian democracy in action.
Now, our democracy isn’t perfect (don’t get me started on the need for a Federal ICAC and the lack of long term thinking in the halls of Parliament House!), but for all its faults, it’s pretty bloody good.