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While Barnaby Joyce was on ABC TV, his replacement as deputy prime minister – the freshly sworn-in Labor MP Richard Marles – was taking questions on Seven’s breakfast showThe new deputy PM, who doubles as the country’s employment minister, was asked about rising fuel prices. As regular readers of this blog will know, the Coalition temporarily cut the federal government’s fuel excise during the last few weeks of its nine-year term.
We’ve made our position clear, and it is not our intention to change that [temporary cut]. We think there are other ways in which we can deal with the question of cost of living. It’s a big issue [and] people are finding it harder to make ends meet. But not for a moment have we suggested we will be able to repair everything overnight. You have lost a decade of productivity. You can’t fix that in one week. But you can start the project and we are starting that right now and we will get the country on a path to prosperity.Staying with the Nationals for a moment, and current leader Barnaby Joyce has fronted ABC TV to defend himself and his party.
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