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Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

A ‘modest’ tax bribe, delivered against dark clouds of Trump-induced uncertainty

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The Albanese government’s fourth budget is a pitch for the votes of a sour and alienated electorate, framed against a background of extraordinary international uncertainty.

US President Donald Trump isn’t mentioned by name. But he is the colossus in the background of this budget and indeed the imminent election campaign.

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