Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says Kevin Rudd lacks the guts to take tough fiscal decisions, after the Prime Minister admitted the Government may have to push the Budget into deficit.
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Rudd lacks guts for tough decisions:
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Labor MPs split with Rudd over interest rates
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Rudd likens crisis to ``cancer''
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State budget talks hit snag
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Budget would lower fiscal risks:
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Abbott defends budget response
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``Next fiscal could be more difficult''
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``There is hardly any step for economic resurgence in this budget''
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Opposition urges government to address bureaucracy
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Clegg 'wrestled with conscience' over cuts
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Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser says his budgeting is transparent
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John Howard says he would have been a 'coward' to step down
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Abbott promises better deal for defence
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'It could have been worse for the taxpayer':
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Government's operating deficit came lower than expected
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Gordon Brown and David Cameron clash over debt
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Rudd touches down in New York