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Cheers or tears for CQ in the Federal Budget?

Treasurer Jim Chalmers during television interviews ahead of handing down the Budget on Tuesday night at Parliament House in Canberra. Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
By Emma McBryde and AAP

Although locals will not know whether the Albanese Government is handing down a cheers or tears Federal Budget for the […]

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