A long time ago, in a budget reality far away ...

By Nicholas Stuart
Updated May 23 2017 - 12:23am, first published May 22 2017 - 5:54pm
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addresses the media after his tour of the Snowy Hydro Tumut 3 power station in Talbingo, NSW, on Thursday 16 March 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addresses the media after his tour of the Snowy Hydro Tumut 3 power station in Talbingo, NSW, on Thursday 16 March 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

I don't know what sort of juice they're drinking over at the Treasury, but I sure wish I could get some. Perhaps they just delight in watching normally intelligent people treat economic forecasts as if they're actually based on something more than political wistfulness or a stab in the dark. It's easy to imagine the chatter over cappuccinos in the morning.

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