Budget 2025 live updates: What Albo’s cost-of-living budget means for you
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has handed down his pre-election budget full of cost-of-living relief.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has handed down his fourth budget, ahead of a federal election campaign, set to be called within days.
It includes a raft of cost-of-living measures designed to appeal to battling Australians in a pre-election pitch.
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Originally published as Budget 2025 live updates: What Albo’s cost-of-living budget means for you
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