View from The Hill: Chalmers' budget delivers modestly to the vulnerable while keeping the inflation ogre in mind
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Lukas Coch/AAPThis budget is the culmination of a tug of war between the government’s imperative to fight inflation and the siren call from Labor’s base to help people who are struggling.
The government has delivered measures to ease cost-of-living pressures on the most vulnerable, including on income support and rent assistance. The...