Bandt says ‘minority government is coming’
Greens leader Adam Bandt is at parliament offering up the Greens’ pitch to voters.
Minority government is coming. And with the major parties offering about as attractive as a dead fish, you can see why. Labor wants to give you 73 cents a day in a year. The Liberals are offering about the same to some people but only for the a year, and the Greens want to save you thousands of dollars a year every year by getting dental into Medicare, making it free to see the GP, capping rent increases and wiping student debt.
He says the Greens will get major corporations to pay for their promises through increased tax.
(These are all policies the Greens have been pushing the government for, for a while.)
Bandt believes this election is an “incredible opportunity” for a minority government.
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Energy will be cheaper under Coalition – Dutton
The battle over tax cuts v fuel excise cut is heating up.
Dutton again argues the help the Coalition is offering is more targeted and will provide immediate relief.
The prime minister’s offering 70 cents a day by way of a tax cut in 15 months’ time. I think the prime minister’s completely out of touch with the pressure that Australians are under at the moment… we want to help now [providing] pensioners and families and small businesses right across the economy with a 25 cent reduction in fuel excise.
On the Coalition’s energy measures, Dutton won’t specify how much electricity prices will go down, or how quickly.
It’s something Labor’s been burned by – at the last election offering a $275 drop in household energy bills, which hasn’t happened.
Dutton says more generally:
Under us and our plan, Australians will pay less for energy.
