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Shiloh Payne, Jessica Riga and business reporter Michael Janda

Jim Chalmers delivers 'confronting' economic update following latest inflation hike — as it happened

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The Federal Treasurer backs long-term wages growth, untangling supply chain issues and helping with childcare costs to help lift Australia's economy as the nation grapples with the largest increase in cost-of-living pressures in two decades.

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