Jim Chalmers says budget will be 'our most responsible yet'

Josh Butler

The government is boasting of making bigger than usual savings in next week’s budget, with Jim Chalmers saying his fourth budget will have “more restraint”.

The treasurer said:

double quotation mark Responsible economic management has been a hallmark of this Albanese Government and the May Budget will be our most responsible yet.

It’s understood next Tuesday’s budget will include a bigger than usual gross saving, and represent the second consecutive budget where the government says it has saved more than it has spent.…