Labor MP Matt Thistlethwaite says amid the coronavirus outbreak, it is “deeply disturbing the disease is spreading.” Mr Thistlethwaite told Sky News host Chris Kenny “we know that Australia’s trade is intimately linked to China and we’re facing the prospect of a downturn in our economy”.
“The Australian economy has been struggling for some time now, long before the coronavirus, long before the trade war between Trump and China,” he said. “We’re seeing below trend growth, very low wages growth, high levels of household debt and small businesses in particular are struggling. “The government just hasn’t had a plan to reboot the economy and get it on trend growth again, and I think that unfortunately the coronavirus is going to make a bad situation worse.
MThistlethwaite Too late now. Politicians are the only people who could have stopped it coming into Australia. We hold you responsible. Shame.
MThistlethwaite Einstein ?
MThistlethwaite It's deeply disturbing the disease hasn't infected Smoco Dutton and Porter
MThistlethwaite Thank God Labor lost the election!! Hate to think what Labor would have done because they wouldn’t have wanted to upset China in any way.!!
MThistlethwaite Thanks Einstein !
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