Restaurateur Chris Lucas says Victorian Premier DanielAndrewsMP's recent announcement of a business support package is just 'more spin, more rhetoric, and more propaganda' but offers no real solution.
Restaurateur Chris Lucas says Victorian Premier Daniel Andrew’s recent announcement of a business support package is just "more spin, more rhetoric, and more propaganda" but offers no real solution. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced on Sunday a $3 billion support package for businesses in the state in a bid to keep them afloat during the lockdowns.
"Worse still, the support he offered last time hasn’t even yet been delivered," Sky News host Peta Credlin said. “These announcements are no different to what’s been going on for the last months, it’s more spin and more rhetoric, more propaganda, but no real solutions quite frankly,” Mr Lucas told Sky News. “The $3 billion headline figure, $1.
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