‘We know that families are under cost-of-living pressure,’ Anthony Albanese says in morning interview. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastOn the “broken promise” of changing the stage-three tax cuts (the latest Guardian Essential poll had Albanese falling in the trust stakes) the prime minister said:We made not an easy decision. We made the right decision for all the right reasons. We know that families are under cost of living pressure.The idea that we could sit back and ignore the clear recommendations that this was the best way that we could have an impact on providing that assistance to middle Australia without putting upward pressure on inflation – we couldn’t ignore that.This is just a terrible incident that’s occurred here. The loss of the two young men and I feel for the grieving of the family, the friends. They obviously were full of life, because so many people interacted with them. It’s a really tough day for, as well, the queer community, and it’s been a very difficult time. Continue reading…
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Author : Amy Remeikis
Publish date : 2024-02-27 22:05:09
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Australia politics live: stage-three tax cut changes ‘the right decision for all the right reasons’, PM says
