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Australia news live updates: Frydenberg defends budget 2022 spend; Lismore levee about to overtop; 22 Covid deaths
Lismore levee overtopping; parliament due to sit after Coalition’s federal budget splashed cash on cost of living, with tax offsets and fuel excise cuts; NSW records 15 Covid deaths and 25,235 new cases, Victoria records seven deaths and cases – follow all the day’s news
Lismore residents ordered to evacuate homes again as flood waters threatenScott Morrison labelled an ‘autocrat and bully who has no moral compass’ by Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-WellsFederal budget 2022: Josh Frydenberg promises cash splash for households with billions on offerKatharine Murphy: ‘At this gravest of times the Coalition has served up an election budget designed simply to keep itself in power’Follow the Ukraine live blogSee all our coronavirus coverageGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingAlbanese goes on to say he thinks Australians will be cynical about the budget cash splash, and about a government that “doesn’t have a plan for them”. “They just have a plan for themselves,” he says.
Albanese says the budget has “no plan” for sustainable growth, productivity or increased wages.
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