Politics latest: 'Making up numbers': Chalmers slams Greens' big business tax
Jim Chalmers has attacked Adam Bandt’s $514bn 'Robin Hood' tax slug targeting companies, saying the Greens' primary task is to 'make up numbers and put out press releases', as the Treasurer hails today's inflation figures which saw headline rates drop to 3.5pc.
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