Angus Taylor’s claim to have unveiled 34 economic polices in this term of parliament extends to taxpayer-funded mental health sessions, regulating vaping, increasing student visa costs, investing in ovarian cancer research and reducing the refugee intake.
Coalition MPs are pushing Peter Dutton to unveil big policies in his budget reply speech, amid concerns there needed to be a stronger economic agenda to convince voters to boot Labor from power.
A committee hand-picked by Jim Chalmers to advise policies to improve economic and social inclusion has urged Labor to massively increase social welfare spending in the budget.
Labor luminary Joel Fitzgibbon has urged both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton to agree ahead of the election to endorse government for the major party that wins the most seats if there is a hung parliament.
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.
This cyclone is erratic and the longer it stalks the coast, the more rain and flash-flooding it will dump on four million people in its firing line.
The food sector has united to accuse Labor of failing to act on rising prices, warning that customers are paying more at shopping centres and restaurants because of high energy prices, the PM’s workplace relations agenda and a lack of productivity-enhancing reforms.
A leading energy expert says the Coalition’s new policy is akin to an east coast reservation scheme.
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.
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