Michael Pascoe: The darling buds of May promise the flowering of reforms

The environment is ripe for major economic reform by Treasurer Jim Chalmers, Michael Pascoe writes. Photo: TND/Getty

There are drums beating in the policy jungle that the first days of May might finally see Australia commit to necessary economic reforms.

Of course, it remains possible that a small target government might squib the hard stuff, but the longer it is delayed, the harder it will become, the more Australia’s potential will be unrealised, the more many Australians will suffer for it.