With a disadvantage going into the federal election, Peta Credlin says the Coalition can’t bet on the projected surplus turning voter heads in the polls, which is forecast to hit $7.1 billion for the 2019/20 financial year. Budget2019
Sky News host Peta Credlin says the ‘orthodox’ budget announced by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on Tuesday is not the ‘document to fight an election campaign on.
’ With a disadvantage going into the federal election, Ms Credlin says the Coalition can’t bet on the projected surplus turning voter heads in the polls, which is forecast to hit $7.1 billion for the 2019/20 financial year. She argues the government’s political efforts should hone in on the Opposition’s climate plan to reduce emissions by 45 per cent on 2005 levels by 2030, ‘without a number costed in it’.
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