Paul Kelly did a Chris Bowen profile over the weekend:
…Bowen believes in fiscal discipline, market forces, a more progressive tax system, winding back tax concessions in the cause of equity, the utility of state intervention in social policy, strong immigration, more intense Asian engagement, open regional trade and structural changes at the heart of economic decision-making. He is cautious in deliberation, reformist in ambition but a hard-headed political realist.
…Bowen says of Keating: “There are days when we might talk three times, it varies like any friendship. Sometimes Paul will see something in the media he wants to talk to me about, sometimes I will ring for advice. We normally talk several times a week.”
