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online budget fight
Coverage of online budget fight in the Nexus archive.
- Soft toys, memes and a movie villain: Labor tries to simplify the message but selling a budget isn’t child’s play
Australian Labor Party uses soft toys and memes to explain contentious tax changes in the federal budget, with Senator Ellie Whiteaker employing a zebra and giraffe as part of the strategy. The budget debate is intensifying online and in parliament, involving references to a movie villain and a cannibal serial killer.