I would call that a comprehensive rejection of the budget by Australians. We put a lot of effort into it all of us, sending off emails and like to give the true story of what these cuts would mean to people. Would have to say the crossbenchers have taken notice.
The Abbott government’s “Operation Budget Repair” appears to have morphed into “Operation Let’s Salvage What The Hell We Can”.
The social security minister, Kevin Andrews, said this week he would consider “any reasonable offer” from crossbench senators in a last-ditch bid to get at least some of his $10bn in stalled welfare changes through the Senate.
And another $10bn or so of proposed savings or revenue raisings also remain on the Senate scrap heap, including the reindexation of fuel excise, the Medicare co-payment and the dramatic changes to higher education. more
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