Modern Australian

Labor would deliver bigger surpluses than the Coalition: Bowen

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen on Wednesday will promise a Labor government would deliver bigger cumulative budget surpluses than the government over the forward estimates and substantially bigger surpluses over a decade.

Outlining the fiscal parameters the opposition will take to the election, Bowen will repeat that the ALP would achieve budget...