Jim Chalmers delivers first Albanese government's budget

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has handed down his out-of-cycle Federal Budget to enable the new Labor government to deliver on its election commitments. It comes hard on the heels of an unprecedented time of economic uncertainty triggered by a global pandemic, a war in Europe and natural disasters at home

Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivers the Albanese government's first budget Source: AAP / MICK TSIKAS/AAPIMAGE