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Dominic Giannini and Andrew Brown

PM backs budget despite lukewarm polling response

Labor's third budget has failed to impress voters despite a $300 energy bill rebate. (Jane Dempster/AAP PHOTOS)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended cost-of-living relief measures despite the federal budget failing to spark a major boost in the polls.

The $300 rebate for household energy bills proved popular, with 72 per cent of people supporting the measure, according to a Resolve poll conducted for Nine newspapers.

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