Opinion

Hewson's View: Admitting the reality of our recession

By John Hewson
Updated July 2 2021 - 3:04am, first published June 4 2020 - 7:00pm
A year is a long time in politics. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann spreading the good news that the budget was "back in the black" at the budget lock-up on April 2, 2019. Photo: Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images
A year is a long time in politics. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann spreading the good news that the budget was "back in the black" at the budget lock-up on April 2, 2019. Photo: Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images

It has become a "natural" tendency of politicians to attempt to put a favourable gloss or spin on events or data as they unfold. Often they go too far, thereby failing to accept and respond to the reality.

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