LAUNCESTON: Many Australians will castigate the country's new conservative government for a tough first budget that saw cuts to welfare and hikes to taxes, but some of the blame lies with China.
Just as China's rapid growth of the past decade fuelled a commodity boom in Australia, the slowing of the Chinese economy and its uncomfortable transition to a more consumer-led model means the end of the resource bonanza down under.
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