Choosing a battleground where the country loses

They have made a bad position worse.

When the Productivity Commission was sent to find out why Australian business has lost its dynamism, the Treasurer's terms of reference specifically excluded workplace relations. This was clearly an admission that the Government knows just how destructive their changes have been but is doing everything to avoid the scrutiny of the facts laid bare.

No recession is not an achievement. It is the least a country is entitled to expect.

Enjoy the overseas summits, Prime Minister. Those extra 222,000 unemployed Australians will still be out of work when you land back home.