36. The election budget we had to have

April 03, 2025 • 01:32:26
36. The election budget we had to have
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36. The election budget we had to have

Apr 03 2025 | 01:32:26

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Elana Mitchell Steve Baty

Show Notes

Elana is back, and is joined by co-host Steve Baty and Victorian Senate candidate Heath McKenzie to review the 2025 budget, in the wake of the 2025 federal election finally being called. Thanks to the election rendering the budget yesterday's news, there's a fair bit of reviewing the budget through an election lens, which is unavoidable with one previous and two current candidates having the discussion.

Show Notes

"A deficit is just money the government has invested in the economy that they haven't taxed back yet." The TikTok on the US economy that Elana referred to.

Our policy platforms on income support and housing security, in the wake of Elana's rants on both issues.

Greg Jericho’s excellent Dollars and Sense episode on Australia’s sick housing joke.

The Democracy Sausage podcast episode with Marija Taflaga’s housing renovation analogy.

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