Q: This shows bigger budget deficits than Labor for the first two years, and doesn’t this go against the recommendations of the RBA?

Angus Taylor:

There is a $14 billion improvement across the forwards. We are fixing to messes created by Labor. There are many but I will focus on two. The household budget and the government budget. And frankly Labor’s homegrown inflation and economic failures have been truly damaging to both. On the household budget, in the short term, we need to make sure that we make Australian lifestyle is more affordable, which means a cut on the 25 cents off the fuel offset. This makes it easier for first home buyers to get into the market.

These are measures that have to be taken over the short term. You will not see a permanent cost-of-living crisis under a Dutton government. We have had one under a Labor government. And they seem to be planning for one.

You won’t under us. 60 household budgets fast, get them moving back on track. And then focus on making sure we have strengthening government budgets. That’s what you send these numbers. An improvement of $40 billion reduction in gross debt. We are doing that at the same time as we are investing heavily in protecting our great nation.

Which Labor seems to have forgotten about, almost $13 billion they are. Getting this balance across these imperatives is the right thing to do and we are strengthening the budget while we’re at it.