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Albanese throws Chalmers under the bus in brutal budget retreat

Sky News Australia

June 18, 2026

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Narrative Analysis: Name Calling

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One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce claims Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sacrificed Treasurer Jim Chalmers as Labor scrambled to escape its budget disaster. “Jim, what does a bus look like when you’re underneath it, and it’s driving over you?” Mr Joyce told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. “Talk about the Prime Minister throwing his Treasurer under the bus."

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Technique: Name Calling

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