CANBERRA, ACT, April 1 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
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Subjects: support for small business, May Budget, resource taxes, fuel excise, Donald Trump
Kieran Gilbert:
Jim Chalmers, thanks for your time. Amid this oil shock that's continuing, a lot of households and small businesses as you've touched on today are feeling it. What is your message, first of all, to the Australian Tax Office?
Jim Chalmers:
Well, we've asked the Australian Tax Office to be as supportive as they can, as reasonable as they can, particularly when it comes to the pressures that small businesses and others are under as a consequence of this war in the Middle East. The Australian people and Australian small businesses didn't ask f...