The Turnbull Government has today been exposed over an attempted Budget secret deal with Pauline Hansons One Nation.
Scott Morrison and Mathias Cormann need to release full details of this secret deal today for the Australian people to understand and scrutinise.
Its bad enough that the Prime Minister continues to refuse to release the terms of the Coalition agreement, but todays reports suggest the Government was prepared to do a secret deal with minor party One Nation with multi-billion dollar implications for the resources sector.
The resources sector should be incredibly concerned that the Turnbull Government was happy to use the future of their industry as a pawn in a secret deal with One Nation.
We understand Scott Morrison struggles with economics but didnt realise hed got so desperate hed asked Pauline Hanson to write parts of the Budget.
The Turnbull Government initially pretended that One Nation support was contingent on a modest apprenticeship package, but refused to provide the further details The Australian is reporting today.
Mr Morrison needs to explain whether this secret deal has anything to do with the secret tax increase in the Decisions taken but not yet announced section of the Budget [Budget Paper 2, page 6].
Not only is Scott Morrison refusing to be upfront on the year-on-year impacts of its $140 billion income tax package, but its failing to give any details on a secret $3 billion net tax hike plan buried in the Budget papers.