The budget proves Labor is losing touch with women voters
In the days before Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered his third budget, veteran Canberra press gallery journalist Michelle Grattan wrote that as the Albanese government looked to an election next year, “holding up Labor’s female vote will be vital”. She added that women would be a “prime political target” of the budget. She’s not wrong.
As I listened to Chalmers deliver his budget speech last night, my chief question was whether he had scored a bullseye in that regard. And, if not, how far had he