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Anthony Albanese has avoided directly answering if a second-term Labor government would consider increasing taxes, as he vowed to “continue to
look for savings” while ruling out cuts that “hurt people”.
Both Labor and the Coalition have pledged tens of billions in taxpayer
dollars to fund their campaign commitments, prompting a caution from
global analysts that Australia’s AAA credit rating was under threat no
matter who won Saturday’s election.
With the last budget forecasting $178bn in deficits over the coming four
years, the Prime Minister said on Thursday he had not given up on
surpluses and that he “didn’t promise to deliver a surplus” but ended up delivering two.
“And this year’s deficit is $27bn but that’s almost half of what was anticipated,” Mr Albanese told Sky News.
“So we’ve worked really hard on budget savings, over $100bn that we’ve delivered during this term.”
But when Mr Albanese was pressed repeatedly in an interview with Sky
News on Labor would introduce new taxes or increased taxes if
re-elected, he could not directly answer.
“Well, what we’ve got… is our policies out there for all to see,” Mr Albanese said on Thursday.
The lying sack of shit.
https://www.news.com.au/national/federal-election/pm-vows-to-search-for-savings-that-do-not-hurt-people-amid-deficit-woes/news-story/17d961459ee0381a425ebfc1b927456b
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