This week the risk of the Albanese Labor Government doing destructive deals with the Greens is enormous.
Many of Anthony Albanese’s big spending bills are stalled, making the government even more desperate as it tries to clear the decks for a possible early election.
Labor should rule out an avalanche of billion-dollar, economy crushing deals with the Greens in this Senate-only sitting week.
There’s a real risk that this week could give Australia a taste of just how destructive a future Labor-Greens government could be in the event of a hung parliament.
Labor’s program for this Senate week includes a raft of stalled and controversial government Bills such as the Help to Buy, Future Made in Australia, Nature Positive and Reserve Bank reforms.
None of this legislation will lower inflation but it will add billions to public spending, green tape to economic activity and risk the independence of the Reserve Bank.
Labor’s bad policies need to be defeated in the Senate, not made even more costly and interventionist at the hands of the Greens.
Prime Minister Albanese needs to rule out doing destructive and risky deals with the Greens and instead do what is right for Australia’s economy and struggling households.