Avoid ‘inauthentic’ odyssey for every vote, Barnaby Joyce warns
Joyce has urged the Coalition to reject climate virtue, beware of being ‘inauthentic by trying to win every vote’ and avoid mimicking Climate 200-backed teal independents.
Joyce has urged the Coalition to reject climate virtue, beware of being ‘inauthentic by trying to win every vote’ and avoid mimicking Climate 200-backed teal independents.
Peter Dutton is facing internal pressure to pivot after Anthony Albanese’s decision to hold a May election, with Coalition MPs pushing for more substantive policies they can sell to disillusioned voters.
Climate 200 founder Simon Holmes a Court will claim his independents movement does not run campaigns or target seats despite the group providing funding, polling and election support for 35 hand-picked teal MPs and candidates.
Australians are paying up to 49 per cent of the total value of home and land packages on taxes, regulatory costs and infrastructure charges, which have accelerated by as much as 106 per cent since 2019.
Jim Chalmers has declared that the energy transformation and carving out a fourth economy are his ‘obsession’ and ‘reason for being’.
With the budget countdown clock starting, expect the PM’s cabal to be shrewd, hyperpolitical and calculated as Jim Chalmers and Katy Gallagher put the finishing touches on an economic blueprint they hope will anchor a Labor election win.
Coalition frontbenchers Dan Tehan and Julian Leeser have attacked Climate 200 over ‘push polling’ they say favours its hand-picked candidates.
Tax reform is unlikely in Jim Chalmers’ fourth budget with the focus to instead be on more temporary cost-of-living relief and the guarantee of growing spending on health and education.
Jim Chalmers’ budget deficit is on track to be $11bn below Treasury forecasts on the back of a tax take estimated to be $12bn higher than projected, as economists warn the improvement has nothing to do with ‘any politician’.
The Treasurer and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher are ready to hand down a pre-election budget in 18 days, as Anthony Albanese rules out an April election as a result of Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
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