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Government only offers Christmas crumbs

The Coalition Government indicated in today’s Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook that it will present some sweeteners ahead of the upcoming election. Even so, fiscal policy will become more restrictive. And the key point is that Labor will probably win the election and may tighten policy even further.

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