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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald

Cost-shifting 101: a repeat lesson for local governments

This week, the Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, stood in that green room and gave a feel-good speech on what the federal budget would deliver to people across the nation's great divide.

A $300 electricity bill rebate to billionaires and people below the poverty line alike, that was my favourite.

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