Govt defends lack of direct payments to ease living costs in budget

ABC NEWS (Australia)
ABC NEWS (Australia)
  • 2 years ago
The Prime Minister has defended not including cash handouts in the budget to ease cost of living pressures, saying they'd drive up inflation further.

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