
The prospects of an Australian republic – and predictions for the federal budget
Australian Politics
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Is This a Two Budget Strategy?
Jim charmers says he thinks the government wants to contain people's expectations. The biggest problem we have at the moment is inflation, and they don't want to give the reserve bank more reason to worry about that. They're allowing te petrol excise having to expire, so that it's going to be 23 cent tax going back on petrol. So i don't think they're goin to be pumping lots of money into the economy. I think they're looking for for programmes to kill, to make savings and say they're theyre wastein roats. And that will bet for next year and for the rest of the term. Hopefully by then inflation is under control, so not every spending
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