‘Banter’ or harbinger? Minister enters budget chat with a dark track

Queensland Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek played Chopin's "Funeral March" on his phone entering an April budget meeting, drawing attention to fiscal pressures facing the state. The former opposition leader, who holds the arts portfolio, described the dark humour as "banter," though the Crisafulli government faces difficult economic circumstances and competing spending commitments.

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