Queensland treasurer rejects budget ‘horror show’ and finally exorcises Campbell Newman’s ghost

David Janetzki’s ‘no austerity’ budget grows the public sector, increases state debt to more than $200bn and is relatively free of ideological nasties

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Campbell Newman must be turning in his political grave.

But that is clearly the point of Queensland treasurer David Janetzki’s first state budget – a “no austerity” plan that grows the public sector, increases state debt to more than $200bn and is relatively free of ideological nasties.

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