Budget brawl escalates over rival tax cut proposals

The federal government has continued back its budget tax reforms despite opposition criticism. (Susie Dodds/AAP PHOTOS)

A row has broken out over the cost of cutting taxes for millions of Australians as Labor and the opposition try to sell rival economic plans to voters.

After a week dominated by the state of the nation's finances, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused the opposition of failing to properly price its plan to bake in tax cuts to every federal budget.