Reducing inequality means taxing capital more — including inheritances
Treasurer Jim Chalmers and the new shadow treasurer, Tim Wilson, both say they are keen to do something…
Be bold in May budget, roundtable guests urge Chalmers
It’s been six months since Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ productivity roundtable and the economists, business heads and union figures…
Jim Chalmers losing fight against inflation, Angus Taylor declares as rising costs outpace wage growth
Australians are getting “poorer” under the Albanese government as Treasurer Jim Chalmers has remained in “denial” over real…
Chalmers suggests ex-RBA governor’s spending critique is due to personal vendetta
Jim Chalmers and Anthony Albanese have responded with contempt after former Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe suggested government…
Jim Chalmers’ economic management exposed as his massive pandemic-era spending agenda resurfaces amid attacks on Angus Taylor
Jim Chalmers would have plunged Australia into deeper debt and deficit had he been treasurer during the pandemic…
Labor warned it could face higher borrowing rates, lower credit rating if public spending grows as $1 trillion debt looms
Labor has been warned it may face higher borrowing costs if its spendathon continues, as government debt is…
Labor and Reserve Bank of Australia blamed by voters in Sky News pulse as anger over interest rates grows
Voters have blamed the Albanese government for rising interest rates amid concerns about fiscal policy fuelling inflation. The…
Bullock says government spending not sole factor pushing inflation higher as political fight heats up
Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock has refused to blame the Albanese government’s spending for causing inflation to jump…
Jim Chalmers’s appetite for economic reform is about to be tested
The next few months may be the most crucial that Jim Chalmers has faced as treasurer, at least…
Australia now home to West’s most out-of-control major economy four years after Jim Chalmers crowed that the ‘adults are back in charge’
Prior to the 2022 federal election, then Shadow Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, reiterated breathlessly that Labor was going to…
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says politics, not spending driving inflation debate among economists
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has rejected claims that government spending has fuelled inflation, saying such criticism was “motivated by…
What could the government do to help battle inflation?
The Reserve Bank’s decision to hike interest rates has brought fresh attention to the question of whether the…