Analysis: Kean’s budget bid to make the 11-year-old Coalition look brand new | AlexSmithSMH
NSW Treasurer Matt Kean had a very clear objective in mind on Tuesday. For Kean, this budget - the final before the state election - was designed to redefine the Coalition.
In perfect timing, Kean was able to distance himself from the government-ending failures of his federal Coalition counterparts with a suite of measures that demonstrated a real commitment to improving the lives of women. Interesting, however, was the drift away from the big building rhetoric the Coalition has usually turned to as its major selling point. Kean still insisted it was an “infrastructure government” on Tuesday but there were none of the usual boastings about big projects.
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