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FEDERAL BUDGET 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers after delivering the 2025-26 Federal Budget in the House of Representatives, Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. Source: AAP / AAP

Broad cost of living measures are the focus of Labor’s pre-election budget. Tax cuts and energy bill relief are the biggest promises if the government gets a second mandate. Jim Chalmers’ final first-term budget, while not a big one, still had some goodies.

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Broad cost of living measures are the focus of Labor’s pre-election budget. Tax cuts and energy bill relief are the biggest promises if the government gets a second mandate. Jim Chalmers’ final first-term budget, while not a big one, still had some goodies.

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