Unfairness theme to Shorten’s budget reply

OPPOSITION leader Bill Shorten will deliver his budget reply speech tonight. Here’s his plan to attack the government.

QT

UNFAIRNESS is set to be the theme when Opposition Leader Bill Shorten delivers his budget reply speech on Thursday.

Cuts to schools and hospitals as well as paid parental leave are expected to be the focus of Labor’s response to the 2015-16 federal budget.

Mr Shorten is also expected to identify some of Labor’s savings plans, including its proposal to chase down multinationals who avoid paying tax in Australia, and stripping back superannuation tax concessions for the highest earners.

Meanwhile, Liberal senator Arthur Sinodinos has warned the tough spending cuts are not over, and there is a lot of hard work still to come.

“We’re going to have to go back to some of the areas we’ve already cut and cut further,” the former assistant treasurer told Sky News on Wednesday.

Mr Shorten will deliver his speech in the House of Representatives at 1930 AEST on Thursday. The Greens and crossbench senators will deliver their replies in the Senate from 2000 AEST.

Originally published as Unfairness theme to Shorten’s budget reply