Big spending on cost-of-living support, health in Queensland government's pre-election budget

ABC NEWS (Australia) 2024-06-12

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The Treasurer has handed down his fifth budget, setting the stage for the Queensland state election. Cameron Dick says he's made tough choices, deliberately putting the state's books into a $2.6 billion deficit next financial year to provide cost of living relief for Queenslanders.

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