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The Morrison government has accused Labor of playing ‘cheap politics’ by criticizing grants in marginal seats as the opposition unveils spending commitments ahead of the next federal election. It comes as the Nine newspapers report that Labor spending heavily favors fringe and targeted electorates. Finance Minister Simon Birmingham has gone on the offensive against Labor announcements in marginal seats, saying Labor has done “exactly the same thing” after audits of grant schemes revealed that they overwhelmingly favored coalition and fringe seats. “(Labour leader) Anthony Albanese has been on a spending spree in fringe constituencies,” Mr Birmingham told the ABC on Tuesday. “It’s the opposite of what he said. He says grants shouldn’t be determined on a marginal electorate. Senator Birmingham said the government had made commitments in the last election and that they would held throughout the mandate. “It is the most utter hypocrisy that I denounce here,” he said. “What this means is that Anthony Albanese lied to you when he said he would take a different approach. He lied when he said Labor would not split the grants in different ways.” Opposition housing spokesman Jason Clare said he would not take a course from the finance minister , which had $2.4 billion “which has been found to be impaired by the audit office that it has still not announced what it is going to spend it on. Sky News. “We will make commitments based on advice from local and state governments and any commitments we make, we will ensure that the Department of Infrastructure reviews them on their merits.” But Senator Birmingham also took aim at the caveat when announcing “This will be heartbreaking news, I suspect, for the communities who have seen Anthony Albanese come to their electorate over the past two months and say that a Labor government will provide this new infrastructure,” he said. . ” He did not mi s of asterisk and said ‘Subject to review’ so I think Labor needs to clarify – are local promises real local promises (or) are they trying to drive local communities and voters in marginal votes on the way to the garden?” The tit-for-tat comes as a new Newspoll has revealed that Scott Morrison is the most untrustworthy Prime Minister since the question was first asked to voters in 2008. Forty per cent said the Prime Minister was trustworthy, compared to 44 per cent of Australians who said the same for Mr Albanese. The prime minister was able to reclaim some sentiment from voters when it came to being a more experienced leader, but he was also seen as less empathetic, more arrogant and out of touch, according to the News Corp poll. But Mr Morrison said he expected voter sentiment to turn into “real choice” in the federal election, with the economy a major issue. He is in Western Australia on Tuesday for his first visit to the state since imposing a hard border, as voters in Perth pose as a key battleground. Speaking on Sky News on Monday night, he said the next three to 10 years would be difficult as Australia recovered from the damage inflicted by coronavirus. Meanwhile, Mr Albanese campaigned on cost of living issues, due to record fuel prices. Australian Associated Press
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The Morrison government has accused Labor of playing ‘cheap politics’ by criticizing grants in marginal seats as the opposition unveils spending commitments ahead of the next federal election.
It comes as the Nine newspapers report that Labor spending heavily favors fringe and targeted electorates.
Finance Minister Simon Birmingham has gone on the offensive against Labor announcements in marginal seats, saying Labor has done “exactly the same thing” after audits of grant schemes revealed that they overwhelmingly favored coalition and fringe seats.
“(Labour leader) Anthony Albanese has been on a spending spree in fringe constituencies,” Mr Birmingham told the ABC on Tuesday.
“It’s the opposite of what he said. He says subsidies shouldn’t be determined on a marginal electorate
But when fired at his apparent slip and asked if ‘exactly the same’ constituted a hog admission, Senator Birmingham said the government made commitments in the last election and kept them throughout of the mandate.
“It is rank hypocrisy that I denounce here,” he said.
“What this means is that Anthony Albanese lied to you when he said he would take a different approach. He lied when he said Labor would not divide grants according to different ways. “
Opposition housing spokesman Jason Clare said he would not take courses from the finance minister, who had $2.4 billion ‘which was revealed by the audit office that he still hasn’t announced what he’s going to spend them on.”
‘I’ll tell you what we won’t do, we won’t put in color-coded spreadsheets like the Liberal Party is doing,’ he told Sky News.
“We will make commitments based on the advice of local and state governments and any commitments we make, we will ensure that the Department of Infrastructure reviews them on their merits.”
But Senator Birmingham also targeted the caveat when announcing new spending commitments.
“It will be heartbreaking news, I suspect, for the communities who have seen Anthony Albanese come forward in their electorate over the past two months and say that a Labor government will provide this new infrastructure,” he said.
“He didn’t put an asterisk in it and said ‘Subject to review’ so I think Labor needs to clarify – are the local pledges real local pledges (or) are they trying to lead local communities and voters in marginal votes to the garden path?”
The tit-for-tat comes as a new Newspoll has revealed that Scott Morrison is the most untrustworthy prime minister since the question was first posed to voters in 2008.
Forty per cent said the Prime Minister was trustworthy, compared to 44 per cent of Australians who said the same about Mr Albanese.
The prime minister was able to reclaim some sentiment from voters when it came to being a more experienced leader, but he was also seen as less empathetic, more arrogant and out of touch, according to the News Corp poll.
But Mr Morrison said he expected voter sentiment to turn into “real choice” in the federal election, with the economy a major issue.
He is in Western Australia on Tuesday for his first visit to the state since imposing a hard border, as voters in Perth pose as a key battleground.
Speaking on Sky News on Monday night, he said the next three to 10 years would be difficult as Australia recovered from the damage inflicted by coronavirus.
Meanwhile, Mr Albanese campaigned on cost of living issues, due to record fuel prices.
Australian Associated Press
