The peasants have no bread. Tom is joined by guest host, Victorian Senator Janet Rice, to discuss the ‘No One Left Behind’ budget. Will it help with the cost of living? What good is $2.85 per day? Will this cause inflation? Why are there more gains coming from student debt indexation than from gas tax? Is Max-Chandler Mather a sell-out? Is Penny Wong the most politician-y politician in the country? Oh and, did anyone get left behind? 

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Links -

Follow the Money podcast breaking down the Budget -

https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/bread-and-surpluses-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-budget/ 

ABC visual explainer of the stage 3 tax cuts -

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-28/stage-three-tax-cuts-to-scale/102268304 

Australian Unemployed Workers Union -

https://unemployedworkersunion.com/ 

XR Occupy for Climate in Naarm/Melbourne in May -

https://ausrebellion.earth/p/occupy-for-climate-melbourne 

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