The 2025 budget has few savings and surprises but it also ignores climate change
- Written by Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
By the standards of pre-election budgets, this one is surprisingly modest. There are only a handful of new revenue and spending initiatives. The Budget Paper 2 book, which contains new measures, is a slim document.
In part, this is because many of the most significant new spending proposals have been announced already – support for more...