Peter Dutton's alternative: Lower migration, more homes, and a populist swipe at billionaires
ABCWhen he was opposition leader, Bill Shorten faced Coalition criticism for attacking "the top end of town", a phrase he used in his 2019 budget reply. Dutton's reply was everything we should expect Photo shows A man smiling in parliament Every budget week, a chorus of voices urges the opposition leader to "put some meat on the bones" of his alternative policy vision for the nation. Immediately after the budget, the Coalition homed in on two measures — the $300 energy relief, because it wasn't means tested, and the promised tax breaks for green hydrogen and critical minerals processing. In a major swipe at some of the big miners, Dutton told the ABC earlier this week: "I just think people like Clive Palmer and people like Twiggy Forrest and others at the moment are great business people — they know how to milk a pretty weak government, and I think that's what they're doing at the moment." WA Opposition Leader Shane Love, a National, said this week the production tax incentive for critical minerals "has been long called for by the opposition and the resources sector".
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