Federal Labor has labelled the 2022-23 budget as a “short-lived” grab for votes ahead of the May election.

Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers says while there were some policies Labor agreed with, including cutting the fuel excise, it was a “political budget” designed to win votes.

“I know that this is a very political budget, and a lot of people have been describing it as a vote seeker budget because 5 minutes before the prime minister has to call an election all of a sudden he wants people to think he cares about the cost of living pressures that have been building for some time,” he told Scott Emerson.

He says the budget doesn’t “do anything beyond the May election” describing it as short-lived.

“It’s an act of political desperation that the government is hoping helps people forget almost a decade of attacks on wages, job security, Medicare and all of the rest of it.”

He says what’s missing is a “plan for the future that goes beyond the election”.

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