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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Daisy Dumas

Chalmers calls Coalition’s economic plan an ‘ambush’ as Taylor plugs spending cuts in treasurers’ debate

Treasurer Jim Chalmers and shadow treasurer Angus Taylor took part in a debate on Sky News on Wednesday.
The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, and the shadow treasurer, Angus Taylor, took part in a debate on Sky News on Wednesday. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Jim Chalmers has laid into “Peter Dutton’s Coalition of cuts and chaos” in a heated televised debate with Angus Taylor, who took aim at a Labor party he claimed had overseen the “biggest collapse in our living standards in history”.

The treasurer and his counterpart went head-to-head in a debate hosted by Sky News on Wednesday night, answering questions on US tariffs, the cost-of-living crisis, energy and housing.

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