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Budget downgrade blamed on Australian economy being hit harder than anticipated by higher interest rates, cost of living pressures and global uncertainty

A national Essential poll , conducted December 11–15 from a sample of 1,151, gave the Coalition a 48–47 lead including undecided, unchanged from the late November Essential poll. Primary votes were 35% Coalition (steady), 30% Labor (down two), 13% Greens (up two), 6% One Nation (down two), 1% UAP (steady),…

Federal treasurer also reveals mid-year budget update out this week will show bigger deficits than May papers

Despite a clever comms strategy, there are significant credibility issues around the assumptions on which the cost estimates are based

Senior figure in Liberal party’s right wing held prominent cabinet positions in the Howard and Abbott Coalition governments

‘No one really has the foggiest idea of what it will cost to develop nuclear in Australia,’ one expert says

Experts and agencies have overwhelmingly deemed the plan not to be credible. And burning more coal and gas in the medium term only leads one way

Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan is now tied to his own credibility, and the Liberal leader is banking on not having to explain the discrepancies in detail

The Coalition has released long-awaited detail on its nuclear energy policy, claiming its plan to build seven nuclear power stations would be A$263 billion cheaper than Labor’s renewables-only approach.