Australia news live: Tim Wilson accuses Labor of ‘bad faith budget’; one dead and four injured in Sydney shooting
Tim Wilson will accuse Labor of a “bad faith budget” written by a “paper tiger treasurer” in his post-budget address to the National Press Club today. Typically after the opposition leader does the budget reply, the shadow treasurer gets to have their say at the club the following week.
The shadow treasurer will say the budget, handed down last Tuesday, continues to inflate costs for households and small businesses and punishes entrepreneurs.
Wilson will take aim at the impact of capital gains tax changes on businesses and startups – which have this week started a social media campaign with doctored AI generated images of the prime minister, calling him an extra partner with 47% equity.
double quotation markThe innovators, disruptors, risk takers and builders of this country have worked this prime minister out: he’s the guy in that group assignment that does none of the work, but still takes the grade.
This was a budget of narrative, over numbers. Revenue, without reform. A budget crafted by a paper tiger treasurer … The treasurer is the inflation arsonist cosplaying as the firefighter. He says he has the habit under control, but he keeps reaching for the fiscal jerry can.