"Why aren't the mainstream media analysing the errors in Tony Abbott's budget positioning?"

Alan, the answer is simple. Most of the economic commentators in the mainstream media, having an economic background, know what they are talking about, unlike a certain economically illiterate labor spin doctor residing outside the country.

Whine Swan's budgets have without exception cherry picked the figures from treasury and delivered budgets that have little in common with reality.

It is no wonder that Swan is considered the most incompetent Australian treasurer for decades, and why Joe Hockey is recognized by voters as far more credible economically.

Hi Alan,

<< The reaction of Australia's media to Opposition leader Tony Abbott' Budget reply speech last Thursday was a surprise to some>>.

Ouch! Yes I imagine that does smart a bit, how dare they miss out all the “stated or implied falsehoods”? Particularly since our government has never stooped that low?

I guess the thinking down here in OZ is that the media could have spent some similar effort on being a little more inquisitive about some of the government bulltish they have peddled for the past five years, particularly the 2012 budget nonsense. All too late now of course as they have just stepped on the end of the rake and the handle has smacked them in the head with a little reality, a bit like you really.

It could also be said that our media might have been a little more inquisitive about the bulltish about climate change but again, they left it too late and are wearing great globs of egg on face. But you know this because all you have to do is look around you in Europe to see the social-democratic economic vandalism coming home to roost.

It is a great joy to many in OZ to read that our MSM is complementary to the oppositions budget, well at least the 70% that do not intend voting for the ALP. It does however tell you just how bad things are for our treasurer when the opposition budget gets a Guernsey. But I guess hypocrisy and embarrassment don’t feature too strongly in your whining missive?

Hope you are enjoying the collapse of all things green over there, the high cost of energy, the 17% increase in coal burning, industries shifting to the USA, funding the other failed states from your taxes and the endless recession.

We see and we no like, we no follow. Oui?

I know i could not help myself, i was thinking the great man might have something different to say.

To be honest, i think these propoganda pieces dumb down OLO.

All i can say is i am looking forward to tackling the record of the Gillard govt with some qualitative analsyis for an academic paper that may help explain why it is going to get the boot (I hope). To ignore this important realtionship is a big no-no as far as i am concerned.

For AA to produce his ongoing rubbish and then accuse the mainstream media of bias is quite strange, and extremely humourous.

I note AA still has nothing to say about the judgement of the Aust people. This neglect is typical of those Labor barrackers who cant reconcile the fact that the majority at times thinks Labor is on the nose

Because everyone is too busy moving from stunned to laughter over the Gooses budget. The only question is "would you trust them to be the treasurer of your School BBQ?".

>"Why aren't the mainstream media analysing the errors in Tony Abbott's budget positioning?"

I'd suggest more useful questions to ask and answer in your article would be:

1. "Why aren't the mainstream media analysing the errors (especially the many highly optimistic assumptions)in Wayne Swan's budget?

2. "Why din't the mainstream media analyse and expose the errors in Wayne Swan's budgets every year for the past five budgets - budgets that were grossly wrong, grossly optimistic and grossly incompetent?

3. "Why didn't the mainstream media analyse Kevin Rudd's 'porky-pie' during the 2007 election campaign when he claimed to be a fiscal conservative, but was, in fact, the exact opposite.

4. Why wont Labor release the true financial position so the Coalition can build a budget.

Dear Alan
It's typical, and gives further credibility to your comments, that not one of the responses so far has addressed the evidence you provide - just more frothing at the mouth and useless slogans.

Tony Abbott and his media mates have used the typical vacuous strategy that if you say something often enough and loud enough, people will believe it.

Thanks for bringing some sanity to all of this.