Federal treasurer commits on delivering cost of living relief

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the government remains committed to delivering cost of living relief, ahead of the next federal election. But he says voters shouldn't expect a cash splash and has warned the fight against inflation is far from over.

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00:00Our focus is still rolling out the cost of living help that we budgeted for in the last

00:06budget but we've made it clear that in each of our budgets if we can afford to do a little

00:11bit more to help people, of course we consider that.

00:16We try and provide this cost of living relief in a substantial way, in a meaningful way

00:19but also in a responsible way.

00:21We're very attuned to the budget pressures at the moment so we'll do what we can but

00:25we'll do what we responsibly can.

00:28People shouldn't expect this election to be a big free-for-all of public money or a

00:32huge cash splash.

00:34We've got to continue to manage the budget responsibly but if we can do a little bit

00:38more to help people with these cost of living pressures, of course we'll consider that.

00:41Really the primary reason why we've been managing the budget so responsibly is so that we can

00:45afford to do the things that the country desperately needs.

00:48That's what building Australia's future really means and what it really looks like, to make

00:52sure that we can fund the things that Australians really need.

00:55Cost of living help, investing in housing, investing in strengthening Medicare and building

01:00the future when it comes to infrastructure.

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