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The twin-goals the Morrison government hoped to achieve through the 2020-2021 budget have been realised according to The Australian’s Joe Kelly. Mr Kelly said “the Australian reported the day after the budget last week that really it had two key objectives: the first was obviously to try and beat the recession and … the second objective is to try and help win the election”. “The government tried to ensure that there were winners across the board from this budget,” he said.
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joekellyoz When Job Keeper ends and those hidden unemployed who have never been unemployed before hit Job Seeker on and now poverty rate they are going to lose a lot of votes.
joekellyoz A little early for that sort of LNP propaganda Rupert.
joekellyoz Beat the recession? Are you kidding. It’s the depression that will smash Captain Scomo and his Oztantic.
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