Hilma’s Network Founder Charlotte Mortlock says although she admires Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ “commitment” in his most recent essay on the economy, it was far too long.
“There were quite a few gaps in the practicalities of how we actually turn that into something in government,” Ms Mortlock told Sky News host Andrew Bolt.
“I think 6,000 is taking it a little too far, I wish we had a bit of a middle ground there, a couple of hundred words perhaps, to really iron out some of his things there.”
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