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Husic, inadvertently perhaps, has rained on the budget centrepiece

The only thing being crafted on Tuesday, as parliament resumed for two weeks, was chaos.

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The Albanese government had hoped to spend this week – and last week – selling the budget. It’s been a struggle.

The budget was two days old and already fading when Peter Dutton stole the thunder by using his address-in-reply to advocate a cut in immigration.

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