The federal treasurer, Jim Chalmers, announced energy bill relief and assistance for people struggling to pay rent as part of cost-of-living measures he said were designed to reduce inflation. With a projected surplus of $9.3bn, Chalmers delivered the first back-to-back surplus since the global financial crisis in 2007-08
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