You would hope by now that the government is ready to face up to reality. I know this might be a rather optimistic anticipation on my part, but surely the treasurer and his predecessor and now prime minister, realise they have a problem with the economy?

One of the more amusing things this week was the government and their conservative cheerleaders try to suggest ALP backbencher Anne Aly saying on Sky News she was after more information about the Liberal Party’s proposed tax cuts because “what about the fact that our economy is now in a recession, or it looks like it is going into a recession?”