After the federal government announced another budget surplus, Jacqui Lambie had a blunt assessment: 'Nobody gives a stuff.' It shows how far the political discourse has moved in recent years.
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The deteriorating state of the Middle East conflict has created a headache back in Canberra, where diplomats are facing the complicated task of helping Australians escape the region. Wong has repeatedly insisted that isn't on the cards. She told reporters today that a RAAF plane sent to Cyprus was just a contingency and that getting people on commercial flights was the priority.
The next hope, pending Beirut's airport still being open, is the 500 seats the government has secured on commercial flights headed to Cyprus on Saturday.Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has had few nice things to say about Wong and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's handling of the situation in the Middle East.
It was in that spirit that she didn't have much time for the news Treasurer Jim Chalmers unveiled on Monday."I can assure you right now people are doing it hard out there. Nobody's talking about a surplus." The Back in Black mug, released in 2019 to commemorate the "first budget surplus in more than a decade", was eventually taken down when the surplus no longer looked possible."Our bigger-than-expected surplus in the year just gone is entirely due to lower spending, with the tax take also lower," Chalmers said on Monday.Coalition figures were quick to insist that anyone can deliver a surplus when inflation is high.
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