Jim Chalmers (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

The pressures that are coming at us from around the world are being felt around the kitchen tables of this country. At a time when the medium-term pressures on our budget are intensifying rather than easing, and when our predecessors left key programs, like the My Health Record program, completely unfunded beyond the middle of this year, it's more important than ever that this is a responsible budget in May. It will build on the substantial restraint we showed in October as well.

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