Sky News host Peta Credlin says business leaders are “fighting back” against Treasurer Jim Chalmers after his essay in The Monthly.
“Even a former Labor leader, former union leader Simon Crean, damned the Treasurer’s essay with faint praise,“In truth, while the verdict is in on the terrible economics, what the essay does give us is a good guide to the government’s thinking.
“It’s turning out to be the most left-wing government in our history, much more Gough Whitlam than Bob Hawke.”
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