Peter Dutton says he will offset increased spending on Medicare by cutting $6bn a year out of the public service, raising the prospect he will cull all of the 36,000 jobs added by the Albanese government.
Peter Dutton’s race to outbid Labor’s splurge on Medicare shows his policies are a world away from his rhetoric on budget discipline.
Peter Dutton has raised doubts about the Coalition’s commitment to fiscal prudence after immediately outbidding Labor’s $8.5bn spending splurge on Medicare without any detail on how it would be paid for.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has declared he will match the government’s healthcare vow and inject an extra $500m into mental health support, after Anthony Albanese revived Labor’s Mediscare campaign at a rally earlier on Sunday.
Anthony Albanese has accused Peter Dutton of planning on ‘cutting bulk billing off at the knees’, as he ramps up his claims a Coalition government would dismantle Medicare after pledging $8.5bn for taxpayer-funded doctor visits.
Anthony Albanese has poured more than $2bn of federal funds to decarbonise the steel industry and keep the Whyalla steelworks operational in a net-zero future.
The Reserve Bank’s quarter-point interest rate cut must not be a green light for a pre-election cash splash, economists have warned.
Anthony Albanese will offer financial support to help transition Whyalla into a major producer of green steel, after the South Australian government pushed the mill into administration.
The Albanese government has backed SA Premier Peter Malinauskas forcing the Whyalla steelworks into administration, as Richard Marles says Labor is ‘considering’ the issue of China’s 99-year lease of the Darwin Port.
Anthony Albanese has a trigger for cancelling next month’s budget and calling an April election after the Reserve Bank delivered its first interest rate cut in nearly five years.
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