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The Farrer result will set off willy-willy of spin. The budget already has

ABC Australia · May 7, 2026, 7:25 PM

Key takeaways

  • Jim Chalmers will deliver the budget on Tuesday, stirring the usual storm of spin.
  • As is the modern way, some major items have been announced well before Tuesday's main event, including reform of the National Disability Insurance Scheme and a fuel security plan.
  • The NDIS overhaul is the big money saver in the budget, a whopping $22 billion.

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Jim Chalmers will deliver the budget on Tuesday, stirring the usual storm of spin. (ABC News: Callum Flinn)

Link copied Share Share article. The run-up to a budget always sees a degree of chaos. But this year it has looked like one of those willy-willies that blow up in outback Australia when the wind stirs a storm of dust.

A Middle East war, a fuel crisis, another interest rate rise, calls for extra cost-of-living help amid warnings against high government spending, accusations of prime ministerial lying — they are collectively testing the government's ability to control how it wants to frame its fifth budget.

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