BUDGET PORK-BARRELLING 11 MAY 04

[Clark, Allen (M. Organ, MP)]

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COSTELLO'S PRE-ELECTION PORK-BARRELLING 

Tonight's Federal budget is nothing more than old-fashioned,
pre-election pork-barrelling, Cunningham MP Michael Organ said this
evening.

"Instead of the increased spending on vital services which the majority
of people said they wanted, the Prime Minister-in-waiting has squandered
the money on tax cuts for people who are already well-off", Mr. Organ
said.

"A Morgan Research poll just nine days ago showed that 88.4%of people
wanted the Budget surplus spent on health, education, aged care,
homelessness and poverty relief rather than tax cuts but all we get is a
sop to aged care which is too little to really address the sector's
problems."

"The latest CPI figures show that the cost of essential services has
jumped by as much as 11% in the last year."

"The Government's decision to only provide tax cuts to people earning
above $52,000 per year is a slap in the face for low income earners,
particularly those people doing it extra tough in my electorate of
Cunningham."

"The Government's neglect of the least well-off people in Australia in
an affront to decency", Mr. Organ said.  

More from:
Michael Organ MP 02 6277 4366, 0421 420 757
Allen Clark (Media Adviser) 0439 464 439



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