Peter Dutton uses federal budget reply speech to attack government’s ‘missed opportunity’ to help Australians in need

Opposition leader also targeted Labor over school curriculum, saying parents were worried about radical gender theory'

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The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has put cost of living concerns at the centre of his budget in reply speech, accusing Labor's budget of being a missed opportunity" to help Australians in need.

In the set-piece speech in Canberra on Tuesday night, Dutton also targeted Labor over energy policy, and framed a new debate over the school curriculum, saying parents were worried about radical gender theory" and the teaching of a sanitised" version of history.

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