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…
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…
Treasurer Jim Chalmers would be ‘sacked’ from a public company over his inability to lower inflation: Senator Bridget McKenzie
Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ economic abilities have been lashed by Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie, after Australians saw rates increase…
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…
Treasurer asks ASIC to restrict public access to company directors’ home addresses
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has moved to dramatically restrict public access to the residential addresses of…
Jim Chalmers has rejected responsibility for high inflation but will have a tough sell if rates rise again
Last February, Jim Chalmers was living out a treasurer’s dream. After a bruising first term dominated by rising…
Jim Chalmers defends ‘professional’ Fed boss Jerome Powell in face of Trump attacks
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has defended US central bank boss Jerome Powell as professional and diligent after the Trump…
Businesses will be forced to accept cash as method of payment for purchases under $500 from January 1, 2026
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has confirmed that Australians will be guaranteed the right to pay with cash for essential…
SA Deputy Premier Susan Close and Treasurer Stephen Mullighan to quit politics
South Australia’s Deputy Premier Susan Close and Treasurer Stephen Mullighan will quit politics and not contest next year’s…
Business veteran Maurice Newman tears into Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ economic agenda, labels it ‘Chinese-style socialism’
Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ promotion of “Chinese-style socialism under the banner ‘stakeholder capitalism’” has come under fire by an…
While Trump plays with tariffs, Chalmers must find a way to do what Keating did in the 1980s
In the early 1980s, Australia had as big a trade deficit as the United States has now —…
Independent MLC Ruth Forrest would be treasurer in Tasmanian Labor government
Tasmanian Labor will appoint independent upper house MP Ruth Forrest as treasurer — if the party is able…