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Rudd: COALITION’s $70BN BUDGET HOLE n Labor claims coalition policy costings will reveal $70bn worth of cuts, driving Australia into recession.
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has taken advantage of a coalition decision to delay details of its budget savings to declare it will drive Australia into recession next year. As Opposition Leader Tony Abbott stole the headlines with details of his “fully costed” $5.5 billion-a-year paid parental leave scheme, Labor tried to turn attention to budget cuts. Mr Rudd travelled to western Sydney to highlight a $357 million health system injection, saying Labor was deeply committed to the sector and driving jobs and innovation. But the coalition had a budget hole that could only be filled by European-style austerity cuts. “He’s just told us that he’s got a secret plan for $70 billion worth of cuts to jobs, health and education,” Mr Rudd said on Sunday. “If Mr Abbott proceeds with the $70 billion worth of cuts, and we can only assume he will, he runs a very grave risk in 2014, if he is elected, of throwing this economy into recession.” The coalition’s policies have been sent to the Parliamentary Budget Office for costing and its assessment is still to come back. Mr Abbott has said all of its plan will be released by the final week before the 7 September poll and rejects major savings in education
Wentworth prison Aussie drama at its on his signature policy – a paid parental leave scheme aimed at helping working mothers but not at the expense of business. Under the scheme, working women get 26 weeks’ maternity
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Parental leave fair dinkum, says Abbott THE well-heeled Melbourne suburb of Malvern seemed an odd choice for Tony Abbott to launch his “fair dinkum” paid parental leave (PPL) scheme. The local Sissi and Co cafe had all the makings of a perfect campaign stop – a small business, packed to the rafters with young mums, wailing bubs and waitresses zipping to and fro. But it didn’t look like battler territory – the cafe is a stone’s throw from a Jaguar dealership and the sweets cabinet stocks $14.50 boutique gingerbread men. Mr Abbott was flanked by shadow treasurer Joe Hockey, Senator Michaelia Cash and local MP for Higgins Kelly O’Dwyer, who holds the seat with a 5.4 per cent margin. The opposition leader chatted with the young staff, mingled with families and cooed over the many babies and young children as media cameras caught the moment. Mr Abbott’s message was simple: if he’s elected prime minister, all working women will get six months parental leave at their full pay, plus super, to allow them to look after their newborn. Labor, which has a scheme offering 18 weeks leave paid at the minimum national wage, says it’s unfair because it gives low-paid mums less money for having children than high income earners. ...continued on p3
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