The opposition leader Peter Dutton is back in Melbourne today and has spent time at a laser cutting business. While once again focusing on the economy.
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00:00Opposition leader Peter Dutton has been warning that Australia faces great uncertainty as the
00:07global trading order reshapes around US President Donald Trump's tariffs. The coalition has
00:13already been demanding daily briefings from Treasury and government on the status of the
00:18economy, with the coalition saying it needs to be ready to respond quickly to a potential
00:23economic downturn if it wins the May 3 poll. But opposition leader Peter Dutton here this
00:28morning in Aston, a seat the coalition is confident it can pick up, isn't waiting for May 3 to begin
00:35making announcements on what the coalition would do to safeguard the economy. Peter Dutton detailing
00:41a new future fund that would help to reinstate guardrails in the federal budget paid for using
00:48any economic windfall from commodities which would be held in reserve and only allowed to be
00:54drawn down on in an emergency and the coalition would introduce legislation to ensure that money
01:01is safeguarded. Opposition leader Peter Dutton saying this morning his government would be
01:07prepared to take action to protect the economy. Our plan is to manage the economy well as coalition
01:14governments always do and it allows us to pay down Labor's debt over time so that we don't have that
01:21huge interest bill and it also allows us of course to give back to regional Australians.
01:26This morning opposition leader Peter Dutton and the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese received a letter
01:31from 20 of the nation's most powerful business groups urging the parties to put business on the
01:37agenda saying Australia needs to be made a more attractive place for investment to help cushion it
01:42from any economic blows. That letter was sent from representatives of several sectors including
01:49tourism, farming, energy, retail and several others making mention of the 143 billion dollars in company tax
01:58those businesses paid last year alone. Mr Dutton here in the seat of Aston said his plan to lower gas prices
02:08by forcing gas giants to divert more supply into the domestic economy would help to bring down power
02:14prices at businesses like this laser-cutting one but business groups urging more structural reform to
02:21the budget to ensure a long-term growth and in particular productivity gains be ensured. Mr Dutton has made
02:31three visits to Melbourne so far this campaign it's an area that he will have to win big to have any
02:37chance of forming government on the May 3 poll.