Shadown minister, here is another piece supporting Labor wasting money on poor programs

Building the Education Revolution: Another Case of Australian Government Failure?

Chris Lewis, Brian Dollery & Michael A. Kortt

Pages 299-307 | Published online: 25 Mar 2014

Abstract

Since the 2007 federal election, the Australian government has implemented a plethora of new programs, many with dual economic and social objectives. A significant number of these initiatives have not only proved unsuccessful, but have also been criticized for their implementation and subsequent administration. This paper examines the Building Education Revolution Program, which commenced in 2009 with the objective of stimulating employment growth and improving school infrastructure, through the analytical prism of the government failure paradigm as well as the literature on “hollowing out” and decentralization. It is argued that the BER Program represents a “case study” of how governments should not pursue large-scale public expenditure programs.

and, another piece that made myself loved given that a professor wrote to the VC and stated I was an anti-Labor scholar

A Recent Scandal: The Home Insulation Program

Chris Lewis •
Published 2012 •
Political Science

The policy debacle that was the Rudd Labor Government’s Home Insulation Program (HIP) cannot be disputed.1 First, four young Australians died installing insulation in homes before the program was cancelled on 22 April 2010. Further, about $1 billion (approximately 40 per cent) of the $2.45 billion cancelled scheme was, in the end, used to cover its costs, including safety and quality inspections for about 200 000 homes fitted with ceiling batts or foil (Berkovic 2010f). As of 10 December 2010… CONTINUE READING

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3717/ec0db0976cd60dfb4b295307f8b16003406c.pdf

During the GFC, Australia was one of only three developed nations to avoid recession. At its peak, in 2008-09, stimulus spending was about 1.8 per cent of the size of the Australian economy.

By comparison, Mr Morrison's response to coronavirus will be worth an estimated 3.3 per cent of Australia's gross domestic product this budget year — and 6.1 per cent next year- ABC Posted Sunday 5 April 2020. The economy is already in deep recession, something Labor was able to avoid.

Despite a massive injection of borrowed cash the likelihood is the Australian economy will fall off a fiscal cliff before the end of this year. With a real unemployment level of 15%, soon to hit 20%, the Morrison government has no plan, no policy for recovery, nothing to offer what so ever.

'Despite a massive injection of borrowed cash the likelihood is the Australian economy will fall off a fiscal cliff before the end of this year'

why should we worry Paul? According to your saint Greta the earth only has 11 years left anyway.

Paul, no matter who is in govt, finding the magic balance between the economic and social goals will be an extremely difficult task given the virus.

I don't see Labor finding it any easier.

The only reason why Australia avoided a recession in response to the GFC was through spending (and a whole lot of debt)

In addition, Aust economy benefited from international stimulus packages, including from China.

Situation due to virus is whole lot differet, and probably much worse.