Tag: Jim Chalmers
Grattan on Saturday: Should Anthony Albanese keep his word on the Stage 3 tax cuts?
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The final, mega stage of the Coalition’s tax cuts, worth more than $240 billion over a decade, are now in the gun...
Grattan on Saturday: Can Albanese government wring consensus from union-business impasse over industrial relations?
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The escalating cost of living is your ally when you’re an opposition seeking election, but when you’re in office, it’s a rampaging...
Grattan on Saturday: Jim Chalmers is a good performer, but can he hold the public’s trust through hard times?
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Jim Chalmers delivers bad economic news well, which is a good thing because there’s a great deal of it about, with a...
Grattan on Saturday: Climate bill front and centre when parliament starts but it’s the least of Albanese’s problems
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If you’re outside staring in, you’d probably say the Albanese government is looking good. If you’re inside gazing out, you’d likely think its...
The ‘Biloela family’ are going home – but what will Labor do with thousands of other asylum seekers in limbo in Australia?
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The long-running case of the “Biloela family” has taken a step forward, after the new Labor government confirmed they would be allowed to return home...
If Labor wins the election, he is set to become the next federal treasurer. So who is Jim Chalmers?
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Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers decided it would be premature to stand for the Labor leadership after Bill Shorten’s 2019 election defeat. However,...