Labor has blamed the previous Coalition government’s move to make its budgets appear “in better shape” than they were as the Albanese government’s deficit has worsened.
– due to come out on Wednesday - and revealed a financial blow amid a litany of “automatic” and “unavoidable” spending.
Labor has blamed the Coalition as it prepares to deliver a worse deficit in Wednesday's MYEFO. Picture: NewsWire / David Beach Similarly, Treasurer Jim Chalmers justified the extra spending that will be seen in Wednesday’s MYEFO. “If Angus Taylor and Peter Dutton think extra spending on Medicare and medicines and pensions indexation is wasteful spending, then they need to come clean this week to the Australian people and say how much will they cut…
Mr Taylor also noted the Coalition has opposed more than $110b of spending in parliament, but did not directly address where the party would cut expenses if elected in 2025.
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