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Jim Chalmers and Jane Hume on Labor’s first full-year budget

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The Budget and Response to Labor's Pension Work Bonus

In opposition, Labor brought out its cheaper childcare policy very early in that term. Will we see a big idea like that from the coalition or is nuclear power the biggest it's going to get? Well, I think you've already seen a number of announcements from the opposition, which is actually quite early in an electoral cycle. You know, we came out very quickly out of the blocks with the pension work bonus. That was before the government had implemented any of its policies. So that was number one. Yes, we've said that we should consider nuclear power in the energy mix. But there's also other things that were raised last night in the budget and reply that I think are really important

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