Chris Richardson

Chris Richardson is principal author of Deloitte's quarterly Business Outlook Report.

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Budget badly bent but not broken predicts Deloitte Access Economics

By Chris Richardson | 27 September 2020

This year’s budget deficit is holding up better than expected. The last official budget update was released before Melbourne’s Stage 4 lockdowns and the policy reactions to that, including spending $15.6 billion more via easier eligibility for JobKeeper, as well as another $2 billion to extend telehealth.  So you could be forgiven for thinking the…