CANBERRA, ACT, May 12 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
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Joint press conference with
Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher
Minister for Government Services
Minister for Finance
Minister for the Public Service
Subjects: federal Budget, fuel security, cost‑of‑living relief, tax cuts, housing, tax reform, productivity, spending restraint
Jim Chalmers:
Okay, good day everyone. Thanks for making time for us this afternoon as we release the Albanese government's fifth Budget. I'll make some opening remarks, then throw to Katy, and then obviously try and take maybe half a dozen questions or so, because I know that people are under pressure to file.
This Budget is ambitious in the face of adversity. I...