themonthly.com.au
Media constantly refer to Labor’s “pink batts” scheme as a “disaster”: it resulted in four accidental deaths and was the subject of a royal commission, but at least it had the laudable policy objective of insulating homes and stimulating economic activity during a threatened recession. But for sheer government incompetence and malevolence, nothing comes close to the disgraceful robodebt program, which was based on a tabloid myth of rampant welfare fraud, was heartlessly implemented, and which tu…
over 4 years ago