Hours after budget papers began to roll off the printing presses on Sunday night, Jim Chalmers took a moment to message a few close friends and former colleagues.
As in the lead-up to his first budget last October, the Treasurer told the tight-knit group he was thinking of the years of hard grind in the last federal Labor government, elected as the global financial crisis began to surge.
Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau ChiefTom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
