Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Three weeks ago, the opposition leader gave his budget reply. A centrepiece of his budget reply was a policy about JobSeeker, but he failed to release any costings on the night, on 11 May. On 15 May, he said this: 'Well, probably about half of what Labor is proposing to their own measure was his costing'—probably about half! Then, on 16 May, the Australian reported:

In recent days, the Coalition has briefed-out two competing costings for its policy—$700m and "in the order of" $2.3bn.

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