Azzet Unpacked: Making sense of the week in business

We look back on the last five days of reporting on news - not just in Australia, but around a world that appears to have gone crazy since a political whirlwind swept through the White House in January. Let us explain it to you. Is there bigger business and finance news in Australia during Budget week than the Government’s annual statement of revenue and expenditure? Ordinarily no, but this was no ordinary week, because it was rounded off by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese setting 3 May as the date when 18 million voters would go to the polls in an election likely to fight around the cost of living, as we reported here.Source: YouTubeElection modeNo sooner had the Labor leader returned from Government House, he swung into campaign mode, with our piece quoting him ruling out deals to stay in office, vowing to serve a full term, promoting his policies and criticising those of the Liberal/National Party (LNP) Opposition. “At this election, I'm asking for the support of the Australian people to keep building on the hard work that we have done and the strong foundations that we have laid,” Albanese told reporters. Azzet reporter Frankie Reid wrote here that soon after the election was called Opposition Leader Peter Dutton he