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Chalmers won’t find it easy to get his hands on $250b of tax breaks

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has shone a light on $250 billion of annual tax breaks, suggesting that the tax increase on superannuation accounts over $3 million may not be the end of Labor’s revenue raising efforts.

But the Albanese government should not be seduced into thinking there is a never-ending pot of money to recover.

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John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s first election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com

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