Austerity is devastating these communities. The working poor, public sector workers, the disabled, and the vulnerable are the hardest hit by this bankrupt and ideologically driven policy.
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People are increasingly frustrated that decisions taken further and further away from them mean their living standards are slashed through enforced austerity or their taxes are used to bail out governments on the other side of the continent.
The most impactful dollars that Australia can spend are actually what goes to help the poorest.
2009 was a tough year, but Australia rose to the challenge of the global financial crisis. It shows what can be done when we all join together and work together, governments of all persuasions state, territory and local; businesses large and small; unions and local communities right across the nation.
We are not jumping on the austerity bandwagon. A healthy economy is by far the most important thing for Social Democrats.
Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
The Australian economy is resilient, but business and consumer confidence is fragile.
Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in.
Deficits must be cut, yes, but the rush to austerity risks undermining the fragile global recovery.
Labor is at its best when we are the party of ideas and action - ideas that empower the powerless and actions that build a better Australia for the long term.
The Australian people want to help build this country into a great nation. This budget... has not realized the capacity of the Australian people. It has underestimated them. It has let us down.
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