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Tax cuts, housing help: parties spend big to grab attention and votes

A federal budget far less healthy than previous ones hasn’t reined in Labor’s willingness to spend, and spend more, and the Coalition is ready to counter in kind.

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Forget Donald Trump – at least for the simultaneous campaign launches in Australia. Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton want to use their official election kickoffs to get disgruntled voters to pay more attention to them.

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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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    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/tax-cuts-housing-help-parties-spend-big-to-grab-attention-and-votes-20250411-p5lr5r