CANBERRA, ACT, May 15 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:

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Subjects: 2026 Budget, tax, housing, gas, Middle East conflict, NDIS, economic inclusion, Coalition's immigration policy, reform

Tom McIlroy:

Jim Chalmers, welcome back to the podcast.

Jim Chalmers:

Thanks for having me back, Tom.

McIlroy:

It's great to have you, especially in Budget week.

Patrick Commins:

Yeah, it's really good to have you here to talk through what has been really one of the most consequential and important budgets that we've seen for a long time. I know you would agree with that. One of the things about the Budget is it's been framed around into generational fairness. That was really at the core of it. I was looking at some...