A little over a fortnight earlier, Frydenberg was on a plane from Melbourne to Riyadh, as Saudi Arabia hosted its first G20 Finance Ministers’ summit. It was the last week in February and the International Monetary Fund was tipping GDP growth would be revised down by 0.1 percentage points, from the current projected 3.3 per cent to 3.2 per cent for 2020.
The next day, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced his Treasurer was working with Treasury to discuss options for, should it be required, a "targeted, modest and scalable" stimulus package. "We had a clear set of principles and we just knew this economic challenge was occurring and we needed to front-end the package to really get the money flowing early," Frydenberg says. "It's a watching brief and obviously we are not ruling out any further programs should it be required."
When asked, Frydenberg won't take the bait, saying only they were "very tough decisions" but "based on the best advice".
rharris334 Won't make any difference, he's still 'small time', not sleeping will achieve nothing.
rharris334 auspol during his elected term of office, Josh Frydenberg, should be fully transparent 24/7 and his activities should be a matter of public record. He may be an elite citizen but that doesn't stop him from doing the decent thing, especially in these difficult times.
rharris334 Sp reports say he tested positive... I assume he was tested by expert medical persons... But in his 'opinion' 'it's not the virus'... genius ...
rharris334 Poor diddums.
rharris334 Resign now
rharris334 Send him of to a concentration camp, for reassignment..
rharris334 Every dickhead is going to run off & get tested just over sniffles The virus wont take off for a month & then they will run out & get tested again Watching the public they have no idea or what it means to contain the WuhanPlague , most dont even wipe shopping trolleys & basket
rharris334 Perhaps, if he hadn’t put the economy on its knees, he would be getting more than 3 hours sleep now.
rharris334 I'm assuming he was in cabinet on Tuesday with Dutton though?
rharris334 Maybe get tested Josh. Then you can “insist”
rharris334 Wow. That must be difficult having 3 hours sleep Imagine going to work every day not knowing if today is the day a patient will cough on you and you will get CoronaVirus and die. That’s my life as a Dr. Sleep is a luxury in our business, get over it mate.
rharris334 People don't get the sniffles in March. Given the sheer number of people they meet, places they go and flights they catch I would consider MPs as superspreaders and avoid them if they 'had the sniffles'.
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