Government sets aside $16 billion election war chest in budget update | ABC News

Описание: The next federal election is still months away, but billions of dollars have already been put aside by the Morrison government to pay for its election promises.
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The money is contained in the mid-year budget update.
It shows that the economy has performed better than expected in the second year of the pandemic.
Political editor Andrew Probyn reports.

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