This morning’s newspapers made it look as though the Coalition was running a sharp, unified media strategy. The Fairfax papers, as well as the Australian, carried stories marking the end of speculation about any GST changes. The death of this particular reform was extensively justified, with quotations from Treasurer Scott Morrison and modeling from Treasury to back up the government’s argument that “the [budgetary and economic] risks are very great and the rewards are very modest”.

Source: Power games | The Monthly