
In a nutshell, the Commission of Audit includes plans to:
• End Medicare with a $15 GP tax, a hospital tax, and cuts to the PBS
• Slash the minimum wage by about $130 per week
• Cut pension and family payments, making students and low and middle income earners pay more
We will never lose sight of the fact that Budget policy is an instrument to create jobs, grow the economy, deal with longer-term challenges, and to spread opportunity by investing in important reforms like Gonski and the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
• Labor left the budget with a triple-A credit rating and stable outlook from all three ratings agencies, a first for Australia
• Australia was one of only three advanced economies to avoid recession during the global financial crisis
• Labor left a Budget with net debt well below most advanced economies
• Labor understood the need for fiscal discipline and took over $130 billion in responsible savings to invest in hospitals, schools and the NDIS
Hammer this home in every conversation, whether at work or with friends, if people are wondering what’s being proposed you’ll have the facts – and the truth about the “budget emergency”.