A member of security staff uses a sniffer dog to inspect sacks of budget papers at Parliament House. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)
There’s never enough money to spend on everything you want to. That’s as true for household budgets as it is for government accounts. The dilemma of where to spend will be particularly acute this year as the government reviews the economic damage left behind by the Covid-19 crisis.While the economy has rebounded after a near 24% contraction in the April-June 2020 quarter, economists say that government spending support is essential t...