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Nyunggai Warren Mundine

Dutton should step on the gas at the election

Voters don’t want to hear any more politicians going on about targets that will be never be met. They want to know when they’ll get affordable, reliable and abundant electricity again.

This week’s budget is a preview of Labor’s election strategy – continued massive and unrestrained spending.

Federal spending as a share of GDP is at a record high, and years of deficits are before us. Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he has no idea when the budget will return to surplus.

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Nyunggai Warren Mundine AO is a director of the Indigenous Forum at the Centre for Independent Studies and a non-executive director of Aura Energy.

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