Federal budget deficits would widen over the next two years before improving sharply in the final years of the decade under the Coalition’s federal election costings.
A barrage of complaints about threatening and aggressive behaviour at polling booths has fuelled tension in the final days of voting in the federal election.
Pauline Hanson claimed she could win Senate spots in most states as One Nation goes further than the Coalition on conservative issues.
The opposition leader hardened his stance against the ceremonies while his agenda on immigration and road taxes was confused by a series of conflicting statements.
“You’re the reason we’re broke,bro”,said one man driving past the prime minister. Another called him something that only an Australian would consider a compliment.
The opposition leader’s comments represent a hardening of the Coalition’s position after it pledged to wind back federal spending on Welcome ceremonies earlier this year.
The Anzac Day incidents serve as a warning to mainstream political parties of the risk of fuelling parts of the culture wars when an emboldened far-right movement is ready to pounce.
Surging numbers of working holidaymakers would have to be drastically curtailed for Opposition Leader Peter Dutton to achieve his promise of driving down overall migration levels.
Jason Wood tried to appoint migration agent Jack Ta to a government advisory group,but relented after his own department warned him of “serious integrity concerns”.
Dutton took the first step to call out what he said were “a lot of lies told by Labor over the course of this campaign”.