Coffees and a clown make front pages as ALP rolls out red carpet for TikTok and Instagram influencers

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Murdoch newspapers gave readers a preview of how they are likely to cover the election, with a series of budget front pages on Wednesday which would make a Liberal party newsletter proud.

The Daily Telegraph depicted the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, as a clown juggling small change and offering a “pitifully small tax cut and deficits as far as the eye can see”. Under the headline “Jim pickings”, the commentator Andrew Bolt declared: “We’re not fools Jim.”

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