Mike Hosking: What a revelation that we could've been in even more trouble than we already are

So, once again, in a Matt Hancock-type revelation we learn that during the Covid years the Government considered handing us all $5,000.

$5,000 for everyone. It's like Oprah: "you get a car, you get a car, you get $5000".

They considered cutting GST for a couple of weeks, like a GST sale.

As we sit here in what almost certainly is a recession, given last week’s -0.6% number, what they were trying to do was stave off a recession.