Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will deliver his budget reply speech on Thursday at 7.30pm Eastern time. But it’s already possible to make an educated guess about what the Coalition leader will say, based on his comments in media interviews and Parliament since Tuesday’s budget.
Immigration
Dutton’s first question to the prime minister on the day after the budget was about immigration, signalling that’s going to be one of the big focus issues for the opposition. Dutton is seeking to link the country’s immigration intake with the housing crisis, arguing that Labor has lost its grip on both.
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