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  "path": "/2026/05/21/jims-rotten-budget-past-its-use-by-date-labors-economy-delivers-higher-unemployment",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-21T08:44:54.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Today’s Labour force figures expose the growing gap between Jim Chalmers’ rhetoric and the economic reality Australians are facing with higher unemployment and a cost of living crisis. Labor’s own Budget forecast the unemployment rate for the end of this financial year to be 4.25%. Today’s figure of 4.5% shows the labour market is responding Read More >",
  "title": "Jim’s rotten Budget past it’s use-by-date, Labor’s economy delivers higher unemployment"
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