CANBERRA, ACT, March 23 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
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Subjects: federal Budget 2025-26, cost-of-living relief, cheaper medicines, upcoming election, cutting student debt
AshleighRaper:
Hello Treasurer, and welcome.
JimChalmers:
Thanks very much Ash.
Raper:
Is this the Budget you didn't want to do?
Chalmers:
I'm looking forward to delivering a Budget on Tuesday night. It's a Budget which is all about the cost of living, but also making sure our economy is more resilient in the face of all this global economic uncertainty and one way that we can build the future of our economy and our country.
So, I'm looking forward to handing it down. I know that cost‑of‑living pressures are front...