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- Opposition Leader Angus Taylor announced a $31 billion four-year spending cut plan.
- The plan proposes $9.4 billion in cuts to climate policies, including EV discounts and home-battery subsidies.
- It also seeks $7.3 billion by ending subsidies for green aluminium, hydrogen and critical minerals.
- It would bar non-citizens, including permanent residents, from NDIS and other welfare payments, saving $2 billion.
- Finance Minister Katy Gallagher said the cuts ignore the budget’s current composition of spending.