Sky News contributor Nicholas Reece says “Tony Abbott ... pilloried Wayne Swan and Labor” for promising a surplus and “never delivered on it,” which is “pot calling the kettle black” as the coalition is 'unlikely to' deliver a surplus. Credlin
Sky News contributor Nicholas Reece says “Tony Abbott ... pilloried Wayne Swan and Labor” for promising a surplus and “never delivered on it,” which is “pot calling the kettle black” as the coalition is "unlikely to" deliver a surplus.
With the recent coronavirus which Mr Reece said will “take about half a per cent off economic growth,” and the bushfire crisis, a budget surplus is looking more and more unlikely. Mr Reece told Sky News host Peta Credlin there has been seven years of a coalition government, “they have promised a surplus and it’s still yet to materialise”. “I looks like they’re unlikely” to achieve the sought after budget surplus, which is “pot calling the kettle black,” said Mr Reece.
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