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Jacob Shteyman and Zac de Silva

UNBELIEVABLE: Treasurer promises ambitious tax reforming budget - Caught on Camera

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has promised an ambitious budget with savings, productivity and tax packages. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is willing to anger older Australians to make the tax system fairer for younger generations.

But he admitted productivity growth would take longer to recover than previously thought during a major pre-budget address to a gathering of business economists in Melbourne.

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