From a forecasting perspective it is a poor show when a Government gets the surplus so badly wrong just three months after the budget, but they are serial offendors on this front, so none of us are surprised, writes Senator Andrew Murray.
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$17billion of our money, p-ssed up against the wall
One question the media are unlikely to ask about Peter Costello’s revelation of a $17.3b surplus for 2006-07 is what right does a government have to rip that much money out of taxpayers with nothing to show for it?
