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Budget update sounds a clear warning
Jim Chalmers is good at relaxed rhetoric about the economy. The mid-year figures are much tougher to explain.
Jennifer HewettColumnistUpdated
Jim Chalmers sounds much better than his colleagues in delivering easy lines to explain – or explain away – government policy.
His description of the budget update on Wednesday was full of typically reassuring rhetoric.
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Jennifer Hewett is the National Affairs columnist. She writes a daily column on politics, business and the economy. Connect with Jennifer on Twitter. Email Jennifer at jennifer.hewett@afr.com
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