Jim Chalmers says housing will be a budget focus as inflation surges | ABC NEWS
The Treasurer Jim Chalmers has acknowledged that inflation is affecting Australians’ standards of living and saying it is likely to persist so long as the Middle East war remains unresolved.
He says housing will be a focus of the budget in two weeks’ time.
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