Jim Chalmers' cash handouts can't 'cover up' cost-of-living problem

Radio 2CC host Stephen Cenatiempo has slammed Treasurer Jim Chalmers for “giving us a bit of cash” to distract from the cost-of-living crisis. This comes amid the Labor government’s failure to reduce cost-of-living for Australia. “The reality is that we’ve got a cost-of-living problem,” Mr Cenatiempo told Sky News host Chris Kenny. “He can’t bring the cost of living down, so what he’s going to do is keep raising the cost-of-living but he’ll give us a bit of cash to try and cover up the fact that he hasn’t been able to lower the cost of living.”