Last night the 2019 Federal Budget was released.
Unsurprisingly, there was a lot for people to be unhappy about, and they had no qualms with taking to the internet to unleash its rage and memes.
There wasn’t a great deal of faith to begin with…
The more you tick off, the more vapid the budget! #budget19 #FakeSurplus pic.twitter.com/xOx6nXWEuA
— GetUp! (@GetUp) April 2, 2019
Who is running a book on how many more people watch #MAFS than #Budget19 tonight??
— Kate Corkery (@KateCorkeryAU) April 2, 2019
Here’s some of the things we’ll be looking out for in tonight’s federal budget.
How many do you think we’ll be able to tick off?#Budget19 pic.twitter.com/IXnPoVivCL
— MEAA (@withMEAA) April 2, 2019
It didn’t take long for the speech and budget papers reactions to drop. And they didn’t hold back
Pretty turgid Frydenberg, so far. With the occasional frisson of rehearsed excitement. #Budget2019
— Cheryl Kernot (@cheryl_kernot) April 2, 2019
No plan for wage increases.
No plan to make the big end of town pay their fair share of tax.
Cuts to education & health
This is what they believe in
More of the same#Budget2019— Sally McManus (@sallymcmanus) April 2, 2019
A surplus delivered, but the world’s poor once again forgotten.
Our Aid budget is now the least generous its ever been.
This is not who we are as a nation. #AustralianAid #Budget2019
— Tim Costello (@TimCostello) April 2, 2019
Cut $3 billion from TAFE and training; restore $500 million and expect congratulations! #Budget2019 #auspol @JoshFrydenberg
— Tanya Plibersek (@tanya_plibersek) April 2, 2019
Next time the Liberals tell you how good they are at managing money, remember they paid $185 million to reopen Christmas Island for a photo shoot. #Auspol #Budget2019
— Jack Macpherson (@latts92) April 2, 2019
What is this.. a budget for ANTS?!?
There’s not one, not two but THREE ant eradication plans in #Budget2019 pic.twitter.com/DCEZgWV4XH
— Alice Workman (@workmanalice) April 2, 2019
“Sorry about cooking the planet, polluting your rivers, demonising the poor, ripping money from the disabled, and our constant dog whistling to a racist rump – here’s an extra $10.50 a week.” #Budget2019
— Gordon William Smith (@gwilliamsmith) April 2, 2019
Disappointed that #Budget2019 did not allocate more money for me specifically.
— Adam Liaw (@adamliaw) April 2, 2019
fixed #auspol #Budget19 pic.twitter.com/ObDOEDL4Jq
— Kurt Sanders???????? (@sanderlands) April 2, 2019
So Scott Morrison reopened Christmas Island detention centre just to close it again within a few months, $180m for scare campaigning around Medivac Bill pic.twitter.com/x1AuFSqVPc
— Bridie Jabour (@bkjabour) April 2, 2019
The guy who rings up the CEO of a travel company for free tickets shouldn’t be trusted with our future#Budget2019
— Order No.227 (@AnthonyCole68) April 1, 2019
The #budget2019 bags are made in China. pic.twitter.com/IwDVvqgOsd
— Alice Workman (@workmanalice) April 2, 2019
“The budget is back in the black and back on track”!?
Unless you’re a:
???? Worker facing stagnant wages
???? Renter facing a housing crisis
???? Student forced to repay debt on minimum wages
???? Unemployed person on NewstartOur poorest are paying the cost of this surplus. #Budget19
— GetUp! (@GetUp) April 2, 2019
After the Budget Speech ended #FakeSurplus also began trending on Twitter
What is the point of a surplus when working people are struggling to pay the bills?
#Budget2019 #Fakesurplus— Sally McManus (@sallymcmanus) April 2, 2019
$2 billion to update the toilets at Engadine Maccas #FakeSurplus pic.twitter.com/5yBQ9oDwWP
— P.McGee (@pepeMcGee) April 2, 2019
The Government is *pleased* to announce a surplus. But its surplus is our deficit. #fakesurplus #budget19 pic.twitter.com/skBAKQx7oN
— GetUp! (@GetUp) April 2, 2019
Frydenberg stepping up to deliver tonight’s budget #auspol #Budget19 #fakesurplus pic.twitter.com/VZsGv1WLL4
— Josh Freeman (@historyhomo) April 2, 2019