Former federal senator Rex Patrick’s 16-month tussle shows Treasury provided Jim Charmers with a range of policy options
A two-page ministerial submission, released to former senator Rex Patrick after a 16-month freedom of information tussle, shows Treasury officials provided the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, with a breakdown of options to change the stage-three tax cuts, and claw back more revenue, in July 2022.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup A spokesperson for Chalmers defended the decision: “As the treasurer has said publicly multiple times in the past, when we came to government, we ran the ruler over the entire budget because that was the right and responsible thing to do,” the spokesperson said.
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