'Ideas boom' missing from budget: economists

By Georgia Wilkins
Updated May 6 2016 - 1:33pm, first published 12:37pm
The budget has failed to deliver on the government's ideas boom mantra, observers say. Photo: Andrew Meares
The budget has failed to deliver on the government's ideas boom mantra, observers say. Photo: Andrew Meares

Economists say the government has failed to deliver on its 'ideas boom' mantra, with few new measures outlined in the budget designed to drive growth and innovation.