One observer describes next week’s economic roundtable this way: “Chalmers has opened a can of worms – and everybody has got a worm”.
Even those close to the roundtable are feeling overwhelmed by the extent of the worm farm. There are many hundreds of submissions, five Productivity Commission reports, Treasury background papers, and stakeholders in the media spruiking their opinions ahead of the event.
Business, unions and the welfare sector have largely settled into their predictable wish lists.
