Queensland Nationals Senator Matt Canavan says the $600 million increase in government revenue described by public servants in Canberra as a “modest change” is actually a significant amount of money being stripped out of the pockets of Australians.
“If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and sounds like a
duck, it’s probably a duck,” he told Sky News host Sharri Markson.
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