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Name: Government defends 'unavoidable spending' amid budget downgrade
Uploaded: 2024-12-18T10:04:37.201Z
Duration: 3 min 5 s
Description: The budget bottom line is set to worsen to the tune of $22 billion over the next four years, in what could be Labor's last budget update before the election. The Treasurer has blamed what he calls "unavoidable spending" for the deepening deficits.

Government defends 'unavoidable spending' amid budget downgrade

Published 18 December 2024, 6:37 am

The budget bottom line is set to worsen to the tune of $22 billion over the next four years, in what could be Labor's last budget update before the election. The Treasurer has blamed what he calls "unavoidable spending" for the deepening deficits.

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