Labor's 'sensible' budget leaves Australians short-changed on climate action. Here's where it went wrong

  • Written by: Timothy Neal, Senior research fellow in the Department of Economics, UNSW Sydney
Labor's 'sensible' budget leaves Australians short-changed on climate action. Here's where it went wrongJoel Carrett/AAP

Treasurer Jim Chalmers last night delivered a budget he declared was “solid, sensible and suitable to the times”. But what does a sensible budget look like in a world that is fast running out of time on climate change?

Lowy Institute polling this year suggests most Australians believe immediate and substantial action on...

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