CANBERRA, ACT, June 2 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
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Subjects: wages, national accounts, housing investment
Jim Chalmers:
Well it's an important week in the parliament. This week is all about higher wages and lower taxes for workers and a fair go for first‑home buyers.
Our economic plan is all about lifting wages, cutting taxes, making it easier for first‑home buyers to get a toehold in the market.
Our opponents have a very different strategy. Our opponents' strategy is to talk down the economy, to talk up division in our society and to vote against tax cuts and housing once again.
In the last term the Coalition voted against tax cuts and they voted against housing and they are going t...