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The Morrison Government’s coronavirus response has broken Australian politics

24 July 2020

5:53 PM

24 July 2020

5:53 PM

The Morrison Government’s economic response plan to the coronavirus outbreak has effectively broken Australian politics. Up is down, water is dry and Labor now seemingly cares more about debt levels than the Coalition.

Despite handing down one of the most disastrous budget outlooks in the history of the nation, with the projected deficit blowing out to the highest level since Darwin’s skies were filled with the aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Morrison government recorded a commanding six-point lead in the latest Newspoll.

Debt levels are exploding, billions of dollars a month are being wasted on providing JobKeeper payments to people...

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