Billions of dollars in cost of living assistance including the stage 3 tax cuts and energy bill measures from state and federal governments are now set to hit bank accounts, just days after the latest data showed inflation has spiked.
Jennifer Duke
Economics correspondent
Jennifer Duke is the associate editor for Capital Brief. She is a Walkley Award winning journalist with more than a decade's experience, specialising in economics, business and finance. She has worked for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age as economics correspondent and as a business journalist.
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