Labor demands Coalition costings and claims $1b in deficit reduction
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the federal budget will be about $1 billion better off over four years compared to the March budget.
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Jacob Greber is the chief digital political correspondent at Parliament House in Canberra.
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