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Treasurer defends Federal Budget as backlash boils over | 9 News Australia
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2:22Now PlayingThe Treasurer has spent the day defending the Budget after the Albanese Government backed away from its planned changes to capital gains tax.
Jim Chalmers has admitted the government has taken some "political paint" off in the process, but says the revisions were necessary.
He insists the government is doing the right thing and is urging critics to see the updated package in full.
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