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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Patrick Commins

The chaos in France is a ‘warning signal’ for Australia’s public spending and rising costs

A young woman shouts into a megaphone amid demonstrators with banners at a Paris protest
Protesters attend an authorised demonstration organised by labour unions in Paris against the cost of living and rising fuel prices on Saturday. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters

The explosion of discontent that led to major protests and violence in France and across Europe is a “warning signal” that Australia could follow the same path without an “honest conversation” about the budget, economists say.

Hundreds of thousands marched in cities across France on Saturday to protest underfunded schools, as complaints of insufficient teacher numbers and dilapidated infrastructure mingled with broader discontent about cost-of-living pressures.

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