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At his press conference earlier, opposition leader Peter Dutton said the federal government’s migration plan is a “big Australia policy.”
Dutton’s attack is another attempt to link the current government to a Rudd era policy from 2009 of the same name:
The Albanese government has now created a big Australia policy but didn’t tell anybody about it before the election, just sprung it on people and at the same time they took money out of the infrastructure program as well.
So there are no new schools, there are no new freeways, no road widenings, no new car parks, or train stations or extra capacity on public transport under the government’s plan. They bring in 1.7 million people in a five-year period, which is bigger than the population of Adelaide.
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NDIS reform is not a reduction of funding, treasurer says
I just wanted to return to Jim Chalmers’ presser earlier this morning, because he addressed slated reforms to the national disability insurance scheme.
The treasurer sought to dispel concerns from state governments about the speed and cost of reforms to the legislation, particularly concerning initiatives that were agreed to be jointly funded last year.
Chalmers said his government would “work with states, not against them”:
None of it is easy. It’s all difficult stuff, making sure that we can make the NDIS the best version of itself, including the most sustainable version of itself.
We understand that the states have raised concerns – they’ve raised them privately and publicly – and…
2024-05-20 20:47:09
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