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Will Nicholas and Jacob Shteyman

Don't become the status quo, treasurer warns Labor

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Labor must make a positive, tangible difference to people's lives. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has urged Labor to keep pursuing difficult economic reforms to counter the threat of One Nation.

While the fortunes of Pauline Hanson's party continued to climb since the May budget, in which Dr Chalmers expended significant political capital to enact Labor's long-held tax agenda, reform was essential to Labor's response, he said.

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