Australia news live: Chalmers and Gallagher to present final budget outcome; RBA interest rate hike looms
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Gallagher says final budget outcome will show $6bn improvement
Katy Gallagher and the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, are set to present the final budget outcome today, which she said will show about a $6bn improvement since the federal budget.
We do everything we can to make sure that the budget is in as good a shape as it can, acknowledging that we are having to find room to invest in all these areas that the Australian people care about deeply and want to see improved services in.
I think this incident really adds weight to the arguments that the PM that has been putting forward about needing to legislate, to provide some protections, some guardrails, and also, you know, have an escalation pathway.
I mean, the idea that something happened in June 18th and we weren’t aware of it until the second week of September is just not acceptable.
I think we have to have a look at this incident and deal with it on its merits, but the broader question of how we deal with these in the future.
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