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May 2025

What is a ‘fund’?

by Jack Thrower

You’ve likely heard a lot about ‘funds’ in this election campaign; the Coalition announced a few of them and promised to make huge savings by canning funds created by the Albanese Government. Funds can be a confusing concept, so here’s an explainer.

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