‘There is more than one way to help people who are on income support payments and pensions,’ treasurer says
Jim Chalmers on the roof of Parliament House. Labor’s 2024 federal budget has been designed to address the cost-of-living crisis.Jim Chalmers on the roof of Parliament House. Labor’s 2024 federal budget has been designed to address the cost-of-living crisis.The federal government is poised to expand rebates and concessions available to jobseekers in next week’s federal budget, which is also expected to increase rent assistance.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup “We are obviously very attentive to the fact that people on fixed incomes, people on payments and pensions are also under cost-of-living pressure, and we’ll respond to that,” he said. “I took great heart and great encouragement from that,” he said. “They are still high, I’m not pretending otherwise – too high. But they would be higher had we not established that permanent increase to the CRA last budget.”Our Australian afternoon update breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what’s happening and why it mattersChalmers is badging his budget as being about “restraint”, “relief” and “reform”, effectively confirming he will deliver another wafer-thin surplus.
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