"This budget is ... a government just waiting for things to return to “normal”... The only responsible action for a government is to ... protect citizens from the impending chaos of fossil fuel collapse."
This budget is silent on climate. As Joshi puts it elsewhere, this is "tactical fatalism".
Matt Ryan
Hey Australia: my latest in Crikey, on the budget!
American aggression has broken the world's fossil fuel economy. There is no going back. But the Australian government keeps acting they can have a pint and wait for all this to blow over 🍺
www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/14/a...
