Peter Dutton is painting a grim picture of the past three years. How do his claims stack up?

The alternative prime minister boldly declared the 2025 federal election was a “sliding doors moment” for the nation. Peter Dutton’s budget reply speech on Thursday evening was filled with facts and figures to paint Labor as hopeless at managing Australia’s best interests. But how well do Dutton’s claims stack up? ‘The worst collapse in living standards’ Perhaps the standout claim from the opposition leader on Thursday was that Australia had “experienced the longest household recession and the worst collapse in living standards in our country’s history”. On Friday morning he repeated: “Australia’s had the biggest fall in living standards in

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