For Labor, talking about its own policy somehow keeps turning into an ad for the opposition.
Our cost-of-living crisis has been top of the polls for so long that it looks like never shifting. It’s become cliché. People out there are hurting. There’s no doubt about it. Politicians empathise. The cost of a damn cabbage is high enough to offend even a comfortably post-materialist vegan.of total government expenditure. Health comes in at around 16 per cent. Education at around 7 per cent.
Which is why Dutton is starting to win the media cycle. The opposition leader talks about nuclear energy and, in trying to attack his costings, the government suddenly finds itself having to quantify the cost of renewables, poles and wires included. It’s complicated to add up all the costs –– which keeps the policy debate at bay. But people see their power bills increasing each month and wonder why this cheap energy is so expensive.
“Putting the NDIS on a more sustainable footing”, as Bill Shorten hopes his changes will, inevitably means that some people will pay for things they wish they didn’t have to. Similarly, the reforms to the aged care system. Sure, both might be the right thing to do, and both might have opposition support, but it will be the government that bears the brunt of any anger from decreasing what it delivers. Whichever way it moves, Labor is seen to be contributing to the cost of living.
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