Wibbly Wobbly Billy's inability to present a rational well thought out idea is clearly on display here.Shorten still wobbling says CormannAAP Published: 7:03 pm, Wednesday, 24 August 2016
Govt MP Mathias Cormann says Bill Shorten has not confirmed whether Labor will support its budget savings.
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has accused Opposition Leader Bill Shorten of continuing to 'wibble and wobble' on whether Labor will support the government's $6.5 billion in budget savings.Senator Cormann said he listened carefully to Mr Shorten when he spoke at the National Press Club on Wednesday and he wasn't able to give a straight answer on Labor's position on budget savings.
'There was more wibble and wobble and more wibble and wobble and he is still not giving the Australian people a straight answer,' he said on Sky News.
The government has identified a range of budget savings on which Labor indicated its support during the election. It's proposing to legislate all of those in a single omnibus bill early in the new parliament.
'The first thing we should do is implement swiftly the savings that we all agree on,' Senator Cormann said.
Mr Shorten used his press club address to put forward an alternative package of budget savings.
Under the proposal the budget bottom line would save $8.1 billion over four years and $80.5 billion over the decade.
While there is some overlap with the government's proposal - which will be put to parliament next week in the form of an omnibus bill - the Labor plan also includes $37.3 billion in savings over 10 years from overhauling negative gearing and capital gains tax.
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