There have only been six such elections – which will see both houses of parliament dissolved Monday and all 150 House of Representatives seats and 76 Senate places up for election – since the Commonwealth of Australia was formed in 1901.
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“The overall message is that an emissions trading scheme, even with serious caps or baselines, is not going to have big impacts on the economy, both immediately, and in the long term”, one source said.
Tuesday’s budget unveiled superannuation changes that hit high income earners, a diverted profits tax that targets multi-national tax avoidance, and company tax cuts that will see the corporate tax rate reduced to 25 per cent by 2026-27.
Labor leader Bill Shorten later said a re-elected Turnbull government would mean another three years of “dithering and of disappointment”.
The election campaign would mainly focus on the economy, education and health.
There has been some disappointment with Turnbull among people who expected him to distance himself from Abbott’s right wing policies on issues such as immigration and climate change. “We understand that a party that can’t govern itself can’t govern the nation”.
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Mr Shorten does not present like a prime minister – but then, neither did Tony Abbott.
Labor opposition leader Bill Shorten, a 48-year-old ambitious former union chief, is aiming to add his name to the prime ministerial list when he takes on the Liberal Party’s Turnbull in what is tipped to be a tightly contested vote. Shorten’s Labor Party needs to gain 21 seats in the lower house to win power.
Meanwhile, members of the coalition have attacked the opposition Labor Party after its Melbourne candidate criticized its deemed compliance with the government’s policy of detaining asylum seekers who arrive by boat in offshore processing centers.
– Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce about the eight-week campaign.
He further stressed that his government had set the stage for strong trade with China and Asia.
But with the submarines acquisition and new base deal with Singapore, Turnbull will have plenty of opportunities to maximize his Coalition’s perceived advantages in defense matters.
Rich and famous, Malcolm Turnbull was already known as a brilliant lawyer, strident republican, successful tech entrepreneur and millionaire banker before he entered politics. Total government debt has risen rapidly since 2009 and stood at 36 percent of GDP in 2015 compared to around 10 percent a decade earlier.
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The hour-long wander along Building C in the peak of trading time saw the Prime Minister stop to speak with wholesalers and buyers who are part of a 4,000 people workforce who do business on the Rocklea site daily, most who are hands on moving more than $1.3 billion worth of fresh produce annually. “This election is a choice about what sort of Australia that we want to live in”, Shorten told reporters in the southern island state of Tasmania.
