Reform waits for no countryPUBLISHED: 23 Aug 2010 00:09:09 | UPDATED: 23 Aug 2010 00:09:09PUBLISHED: 23 Aug 2010 PRINT EDITION: 23 Aug 2010
The next government is likely to be Australia’s first without a majority since Robert Menzies’ United Australia Party government of 1939-41. Regardless of whether the coalition’s Tony Abbott or Labor’s Julia Gillard leads it, this is the worst possible outcome for stable government and the unpopular economic reforms required to reinforce the Australian economy against another global recession, the expiry of the resources boom and the challenges of an ageing population.
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