A group of voters from the most marginal seat in Australia have not responded well to the Federal Budget handed down by the Morrison Government.
The key NSW seat of Macquarie has a small margin of 0.2 per cent in favour of Labour’s Susan Templeman with Liberal’s Sarah Richards hoping to cause an upset.
Political reporter and News Day host Tom Connell questioned the group on their thoughts an hour after the delivery of the “temporary and targeted” budget. Voter Brad believes the fuel excise being cut in half was a waste of money in the budget and described it as a"bribe". Picture: SuppliedBut Brad argued it was a waste of money.
“It’s nice to see some improvement but we’re still going up in debt in the long run, we’re not going to pay the debt off.“So, we’re still taking extra money and adding to debt, we’re just not adding double to what we were going to add.” Another voter believed it was"too little too late" from the government as it announced a $6 billion flood recovery package. Picture: NCA NewsWire /Danielle Smith
Eligible families around the country will be eligible to buy a home with a five per cent deposit or two per cent for singles but it is capped at homes up to $800,000 in New South Wales and $700,000 in Victoria.
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