612 ABC Brisbane | 17 September 2013

The ten big issues that are shaping our country.Miriam_Lyons_Q&A

Executive director Miriam Lyons discussed Pushing our luck on Mornings with Steve Austin and the need for Australians to keep up public debate after the election. Without looking far enough into the future Australian strategies will not hold up over time, Miriam addresses the need for long term strategy, a key concept of Pushing our luck that aims to focus on what really matters for Australia’s future.

“We can choose to have balanced budgets and low taxes and low services or we can have low taxes and budgets deficits and high services, ultimately if we actually want decent public services we’re going to have to pay higher taxes if we want balanced budgets…”

 

Miriam Lyons on Mornings with Steve Austin 612 ABC Brisbane

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