Live: Treasurer to unveil $6 billion improvement to federal budget

ABC Australia Sunday 27 September 2026, 21:02 UTC By Joshua Boscaini 1 min read

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live Federal politics live: Treasurer to unveil $6 billion improvement to federal budget Treasurer Jim Chalmers will today unveil a $6 billion improvement to the federal government's forecast deficit. Follow all the updates in our live blog. Submit a comment or question Live updates Good morning 👋 Hello and welcome to our federal politics live blog! It's great to have you join us here on the federal politics live blog. I'm Josh Boscaini joining you live from Parliament House in Canberra, here and ready to bring you all of today's federal politics news. First up, Treasurer Jim Chalmers is expected to unveil a $6 billion boost to the federal government's forecast deficit today. We might also get some more reaction and fallout from that OpenAI agent hack of a Medicare statistics portal announced last week. Let's strap in and get this show on the road! Loading

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