The treasurer, Cameron Dick, left, and the Queensland premier, Steven Miles, spruiking the 2024-25 Queensland state budget in Brisbane on Tuesday.The treasurer, Cameron Dick, left, and the Queensland premier, Steven Miles, spruiking the 2024-25 Queensland state budget in Brisbane on Tuesday.The sign – like the budget – has all the subtlety of a “going out of business” sale.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Whoever is in government next year will be faced with far more difficult decisions – they will also have to find the money to continue the discounts, or upset people by hiking prices. If Labor does lose the election, it’s buried a handy little timebomb for the LNP and David Crisafulli to deal with next year.