Labor will take a knife to some of the Coalitions spending promises as the party launches a campaign blitz across marginal seats. auspol AusVotes
Labor will take a knife to some of the Coalition’s spending promises to recover cash for its election pledges in a battle over the budget while it launches a campaign blitz across marginal seats in the final days of the campaign.
Labor treasury spokesman Jim Chalmers and finance spokeswoman Katy Gallagher are tipped to produce costings that show deeper deficits and higher debt compared with the Coalition in the next four years, but they have also been looking for ways to cut what they regard as waste in government spending. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Albanese was getting “presumptuous” about a Labor victory this Saturday in a way people saw at the last election.“He does seem to be getting a bit ahead of himself and, you know, Australians will make this decision, Anthony. You don’t get to make it before the election,” Morrison said at a press conference.
In a heated dispute over the election costings, Albanese attacked Morrison for a Coalition decision on Tuesday to save $3.3 billion by imposing an efficiency dividend across the federal public service.“You know what that leads to? Robodebt. It doesn’t save money. It costs money because you take The $67.7 million for community development grants in the March 29 budget included $8 million for civic upgrades in the NSW town of Scone , $5 million for a scout centre in Gilwell Park in Victoria , $5 million for a police and community youth centre in Caboolture in Queensland , $4.5 million for an upgrade to Bendigo Airport in Victoria and $600,000 for the FoodShare service in Shepparton in Victoria .
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