Tony Abbott offered a content-free Budget Reply last night — but he’s not the first opposition Leader to do that. We may as well ditch the ritual.
Budget Reply
Theatrics aside, Hockey and Robb have made a good start
Once you get beyond all the spinning, there’s plenty to consider in what Joe Hockey and Andrew Robb offered yesterday: more substance than Tony Abbott has managed all year.
Budget reply: did Hockey score an own goal?
Daily media wrap: Joe Hockey gave the Opposition’s Budget Reply speech yesterday, promising to save $47 billion. But he forgot to say how — and it didn’t go unnoticed.
Hockey’s bizarre media management obscures Budget Reply
Joe Hockey’s Budget Reply has come badly unstuck after he refused to provide details of savings costings or whether Ken Henry would be reappointed, overshadowing an otherwise well-crafted speech, reports Bernard Keane.
Turnbull’s reply: solid but not PM material
In the Opposition Leader’s Budget reply, there were no compelling ideas or bold initiatives; not even a circuit-breaking gimmick like Brendan Nelson’s petrol excise move.
Time for Turnbull to rescue his party
Malcolm Turnbull needs to give a stirring performance tonight in his Budget Reply.
