Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor says the Opposition is not handing down an alternative budget when asked about how the Liberal Party would deliver a balanced budget.
“We’re not handing down an alternative budget – I mean, I wish we were handing down a budget, but we’re not handing down an alternative budget,” Mr Taylor said during his National Press Club address.
“What we are though is laying out the pathway and the principles that we would apply if we were in government.”
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