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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Antoun Issa

Afternoon Update: Budget reactions; US child shot playing hide-and-seek; and Air New Zealand’s new bunk beds

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the criticism of his budget is ‘predictable’.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the criticism of his budget is ‘predictable’. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Good afternoon. Reactions to Labor’s budget are rolling in, with the Coalition, Greens and independents saying there’s not enough cost-of-living assistance.

“There are millions of families who aren’t getting any assistance in this budget, who thought they were,” said the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, who is so far yet to back an increase to welfare payments. The Greens leader, Adam Bandt, was also critical, saying “cost of living measures in the budget don’t address the scale of the rental, housing and poverty crises the country is facing”.

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