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Robinson offered up some Budget 2022 highlights, including $875 million earmarked for COVID-19 pandemic health response, $633 million over three years to tackle homelessness, $284 million toward providing 香蕉视频直播渁ffordable, accessible and high-quality child care,香蕉视频直播� and more than $1 billion for 香蕉视频直播渇ighting climate change.香蕉视频直播�
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