Families to Be Thousands of Dollars Worse Off: Australian Opposition Leader

A shopper holds money to make a purchase of fruit and vegetable produce at Paddy's Market in Sydney, Australia on Oct. 22, 2022. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

Opposition leader Peter Dutton has warned that Australian families will be thousands of dollars worse off under the federal Labor government’s new budget.

Speaking to ABC radio on Oct. 26 Dutton said that Treasurer Jim Chalmers had handed down a “grim budget” saying Australians struggle with the financial impact of mortgage interest rate rises, and electricity and gas price increases.