CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 17 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:

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Subjects: Bondi terrorist attack, mid‑year budget update

Michelle Grattan:

Jim Chalmers, before we get to the budget update, let's just start with the aftermath of the Bondi massacre. Many people want a much broader response from the federal government than another round of gun reform, important as that might be, and you yourself, I think, have flagged that the government should do a lot more to deal with antisemitism. In general terms, what more might we see from the government to combat this?

Jim Chalmers:

Well, first of all, you've characterised my position correctly, Michelle, which is that even though the government has taken a number...