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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp and Josh Butler

Albanese fuels cost-of-living relief expectations as MPs debate sticking with stage-three tax cuts

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said the government is prepared to ‘find ways to put extra dollars in people’s pockets’ for cost-of-living relief. Photograph: Flavio Brancaleone/AP

Anthony Albanese has continued to raise expectations of further cost-of-living relief as some backbench MPs debate the possibility Labor could modify stage-three income tax cuts to pay for new measures.

On Monday the prime minister said “if we can find ways to put extra dollars in people’s pockets, particularly those low and middle income earners who are doing it tough, then we’re prepared to do so”.

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