A Zara dress, the Jim Reaper and a communist state: how Australia’s media interpreted the budget

The voters of New South Wales woke up in a communist state on Wednesday – at least according to the Daily Telegraph, which claimed that “Lying Jim” Chalmers was cackling like the devil as he gouged them with big taxes in the federal budget . To underline this apparent sharp turn to the left, the Tele added a red hammer and sickle and used a red background. …