In matching or co-opting some of Labor’s initiatives in the budget, the Government will hope to neutralise the Opposition’s attack and clear the battlefield of all but the key points of differentiation before the election.
Libs to play the imitation game in budget 2016
In matching or co-opting some of Labor’s initiatives in the budget, the Government will hope to neutralise the Opposition’s attack and clear the battlefield of all but the key points of differentiation before the election.

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good to see a degree of bipatisan to our budget problem. the difference is that labor plans to use new taxes to help pay for its new spending inititiaves while allowing the budget deficit to rise further. no party seems prepared to talk about the millions of taxpayers who only pay gst – ie net tax payments less rebates is less than zero!