The obsession with whether governments have broken campaign promises is shrinking political ambition and discouraging the kind of leadership needed to tackle Australia’s deep structural problems, P&I Editor Catriona Jackson writes.

I am sick to death of hearing journalists open their analysis of the Budget with the words, ‘Is this a broken promise?’

Do we really believe that parliamentarians are never allowed to respond to circumstances, take a broad of view of long-term intergenerational equity, and tackle the big........

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