What Australian newspapers say on Wednesday, February 4=2

AAP General News (Australia)
02-04-2009
What Australian newspapers say on Wednesday, February 4=2

The Australian says the state of the world economy makes the case for the government's
plan but that doesn't mean it will work.

"It is an incredibly expensive strategy that will see the $20 billion surplus announced
in the budget turn into a $22.5 billion deficit," The Australian says. "There is the prospect
of an even bigger negative number in the next financial year. But for anybody who accepts
the Prime Minister's reading of the global economic situation, there is no denying he
is right to have a go at stopping a recession that threatens to …