The rivers of gold – also propped up by $1.7 billion more tax than expected from residents and business – are not tipped to last. Read more about the latest budget here:
amid a multimillion-dollar campaign from it against the measures at which Dick took direct aim in his speech, calling on the LNP to state their unequivocal support for the scheme this week.
Dick told reporters in his budget lock-up presentation the extra revenue meant it could afford to give $8.2 billion worth of concessions including energy bill rebates of at least $550 and a free kindergarten program worth $645 million over four years.
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