Peter Dutton blames Labor for 29,000 businesses going bust since 2022. If only it were so simple | Australian election 2025
Peter Dutton says 29,000 businesses have gone bust under the Albanese government, and he claims “Labor’s excessive regulation and interference in the economy” is to blame. While the figure is accurate, the insolvency rate is not dissimilar to what occurred under the pre-pandemic Coalition government, according to Guardian Australia analysis of public data. In the…