Protected: ANALYSIS: ‘Unnecessary’ Spending to Blame for $10.8 Billion Deficit in Queensland’s Budget

Published on June 18, 2024

The budget released last Tuesday (June 11) marked the start of the 2024 state election campaign, according to a leading financial analyst. Doctor John Humphreys is the chief economist for the Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance and was a former treasury official working in the Budget Policy Division. He believes the budget’s sweeteners—including $1,000 (USD $660) electricity hand-outs, increased $200 sporting vouchers for children, a 20 percent discount on car registration and 50 cent public transport are dead giveaways of a short-term budget made to woo voters. “The nine-year-old Queensland Labor government is behind in the polls, and are attempting to buy back some support,” Mr. Humphreys told The Epoch Times in a statement....

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