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James Robertson

Time to get real about funding government services, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says it's time for a "serious conversation" about the structural deficit. Photo: AAP/TND

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has started a promised “serious conversation” about funding government services – and a fight.

The government’s move to return $2 billion to the budget by reducing the tax breaks given to the wealthiest Australians was seized on by the Opposition on Tuesday – after the Treasurer dared them to do so.

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