Bad News Being Wasted

"The somewhat confected budget 'crisis' has provided the Gillard government with a window of opportunity for changing a game – by now almost a foregone conclusion – into a match again. But the window is closing rapidly, and it does not appear that any of the Gillard financial team has the audacity or the dash to make the most of the opportunity."

Also: Alan Kohler, 'The Handout Blowout That's Costing the Budget' - Business Spectator