Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has offered the Coalition’s support for any tough budget cuts the government needs to make - such as reducing the cost of the NDIS.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has said the Coalition will support tough budget cuts – such as reducing spend on the National Disability Insurance Scheme – to pay for new nuclear-powered submarines, as Defence Minister Richard Marles confirmed the government would spend 0.15 per cent of GDP each year on the program.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has offered the government Coalition support for budget cuts to fund the purchase of submarines.“[The defence budget] is currently running at 2 per cent of GDP and is expected to grow to 2.2 per cent of GDP... It is an investment in our nation’s economy. And it is an investment that we cannot afford not to make,” he said.
“In my budget-in-reply speech last October, I said that we would work with the government if they had tough decisions to take, for example, keeping the NDIS sustainable,” Dutton told ABC TV’s 7.30 on Monday night.The National Disability Insurance Scheme, which serves about half a million Australians, will cost about $35 billion this financial year but is expected to rise to $50 billion in 2025-26.named by Treasurer Jim Chalmers last year as priorities for budget repair.
“Unlike the Coalition, the Greens will not be co-operating with the government to force budget savings on critical public services to pay for these submarines,” Greens senator David Shoebridge said.
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