Shadow Assistant Mental Health Minister Melissa McIntosh says Labor’s second budget does not address the “severe cost of living pressures” that middle-class people such as those living in western Sydney are facing.
“Families that are working so hard to get ahead, both parents working, commuting out of the area for work, high mortgage cost, high energy cost, high petrol cost.
“In no way, shape, or form does Labor’s budget address the severe cost of living pressures that people in my community and right across western Sydney are experiencing.Read More
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