Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says he’s worried about middle Australians being “left in the middle of nowhere” under the Labor Party.
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“They forgot about the working class and moved into the trendy class a long time ago,” Mr Dutton said during a media conference on Tuesday. “Labor is creating a working poor in our country at the moment – people are paying more for their mortgages under Labor, more for their electricity under Labor, more for their gas under Labor, more for their insurance premiums.
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