Editorial

The fact the Government has no mandate for the tax changes will keep the matter live.

The Albanese Government has made clear in its determination to push on with the deeply flawed Budget that it has reached this point.

While the Government has had its hands full coping with a backlash to the Budget, the latest data is a reminder that the inflation battle and wider economy remain the major long-term issues.

The poisonous mindsets that came to the surface on that terrible day at Bondi have not disappeared.

The real character of the Albanese Government is now fully revealing itself. And it is unbecoming, to say the least.

A warning light is flashing in middle Australia where mum and dad teams and young small business owners have slogged it out to get a start.

The tax-and-spend Albanese Government is allowing bracket creep to hurt the very people it says it is helping.

EDITORIAL: It is already clear that Dr Chalmers’ document is deeply flawed. And perhaps unsalvageable.

Either the Government or Parliament is going to have to unpick the document and fix it

In politics there can be a time when everything changes. For the Albanese Government that moment is now.

At the end of Budget week in Canberra something missing from Federal politics for some time has re-emerged. A contest.

The key is recognising and understanding people are unhappy with the policies of the major parties, they want their views to be heard and their concerns to be addressed.

Albanese’s Labor has demonstrated it has placed its naked pursuit of power above principle, honesty and accountability.

What this Budget actually amounts to is nothing much other than the official documentation of the most egregious election broken promise we have seen in quite some time.

The Treasurer argued that breaking an election promise ‘for the right reason’ is a way to build trust. Bizarre.