Jim Chalmers is desperate to avoid being the Treasurer who sent Australia into a recession. Things were so much easier when he got to be the surplus guy, the first Treasurer to deliver a Budget in the ...

Speaking to Seven’s Sunrise program on Tuesday, Mr Chalmers was copping a question on whether he was trying to “shift the spotlight” with his recent comments on interest rates “smashing ...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is “shifting blame everywhere” for the state of Australia’s “shuddering” economy, says Deputy Opposition Leader Sussan Ley. “He’s lashing around, he’s ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Jim Chalmers has pushed back at claims by former Liberal prime minister and treasurer John Howard that the treasurer is diverting ...

It’s just really unbecoming behaviour by Albanese and Chalmers. Appalling behaviour by what are meant to be our political leaders. They should be supporting the Reserve Bank,” Mr Wilson said.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers hit breakfast television news programs on Tuesday morning in an attempt to clarify his view that the Reserve Bank’s interest rate calls were “smashing the economy” and ...

“Is this an attempt for you to shift the spotlight?” Sunrise host Nat Barr asked Mr Chalmers on Tuesday. Mr Chalmers denied he was trying to shift the spotlight onto the RBA or that there was ...

Anthony Albanese has backed in Jim Chalmers’ assessment that interest rate rises were smashing the economy, but insisted the Reserve Bank’s decisions were carefully calibrated and the comments ...

Jim Chalmers now puts them both in the shade, having found jobs for an extra 879,000 Australians in his first two years, a rise of 6.5%. See blue chart, below. The Labor Government is receiving no ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The economy is on track for its worst performance since the depths of COVID-19 shutdowns as Treasurer Jim Chalmers fends off ...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has declared the Reserve Bank is “smashing the economy” with its cash rate increases. GDP figures, set to be released on Wednesday, are expected to show a slow increase ...

The treasurer has pointed the finger at successive interest rate rises for a stagnating national economy. The federal government is anticipating further weak economic growth when figures are ...