Opposition leader Peter Dutton outlined Australians' cost-of-living pressures and critiqued the Labor government’s budget.
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00:00 Last year, Australians suffered the biggest increase in average tax rates of any citizens
00:06 in the developed world.
00:08 There's been double-digit increases for your essentials like electricity, gas, milk, bread
00:13 and rent.
00:14 And, tragically, so many more Australians are living in cars and tents.
00:19 And because of spending in this budget, the economic outlook is one of deficits as far
00:23 as the eye can see.
00:25 To alleviate cost of living pressures, we need to get inflation down.
00:29 To get our economy back on track, we need a back-to-basics economic plan.
00:34 And that's what a coalition government will deliver.
00:36 First, we will rein in inflationary spending to take the pressure off inflation.
00:42 As a start, we will not spend $13.7 billion on corporate welfare for green hydrogen and
00:48 critical minerals.
00:50 These projects should stand up on their own without the need for taxpayers' money if they're
00:54 worth the investment.
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