The economic minefield ahead for the govt

The economic minefield ahead for the govt
Plenty of unexploded ordnance lurks in an outgoing government's books. (Image: Getty)
Cameron Bagrie
Expect a fair bit of throwing the previous government under the bus and a combination of fact and fiction with lots of blame over the coming weeks.Briefings to Incoming ministers will be delivered, and those ministers will be learning much more than those documents, designed for public release, will show.A change of government brings a lot more clarity and reality around where the nation stands, both the good and bad. The finance portfolio is a key one. The minefieldThe risks chapter of the pre-economic and fiscal update (Prefu) is a...

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