We’ve had 11 long years of Liberals mismanaging our economy into this spiralling debt crisis, and still there’s no credible pathway to surplus.
We need more than ever to be making smart investments in our people – education, preventative healthcare, supporting families and investing in infrastructure that creates sustainable jobs, and better social and environmental outcomes.
We should be exploring revenue from mining and resource royalties and fairer taxes instead of cutting frontline jobs, essential services and a fire sale of our GBEs and crown land.
Notably Metro, Tasports, MAIB, Aurora and Momentum Energy are on the chopping block.
I acknowledge positive grants to community organisations such as Troublesmiths, Neighbourhood Houses.
But it’s hard not feel like these are crumbs relative to the slice going to corporate welfare and pork barrelling.