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Treasurer Jim Chalmers flags new budget strategy, but tax cap 'plucked from the air' can stay for now

The Albanese government's first federal budget will include a significant rewriting of official budget guidelines and will also see forecasts for unemployment revised as a "consequence" of a deteriorating global outlook, the treasurer has flagged. 

Speaking with 7.30 at the conclusion of the last parliamentary sitting before the budget in October, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the new budget rules would be "realistic" and "achievable".

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