'Gotta be joking me': Jacqui Lambie slams federal budget's cash splash

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Independent Senator Jacqui Lambie has slammed the federal budget's $300 energy rebate and tax cuts announced by treasurer Jim Chalmers on Tuesday, May 14. Vision courtesy: ABC

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00:00super rich out there. They've got a $4,500 tax cut. So for all you poor people out there,

00:07I tell you what, and then we're getting, we're obviously getting the 300, not means tested.

00:13What are we back in COVID days, where we're just chucking money left, right and centre?

00:17Seriously, you're too lazy to do some means testing. We don't need $300. I can assure you,

00:24and that should have been passed forward. I find it really, really bizarre that we were running

00:30around going about what's going on with our mental health out there, but through adults and kids,

00:34and we're spending $40 million extra this year. You've can't be freaking well, you've got to be

00:40joking me. You've got to be joking me. You know, we have kids out there, we can see what's going

00:45out. What's going on with the kids out there that are completely out of control. Not a mention,

00:51not a mention about cleaning any of that up.

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