Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor have traded blows over the cost of living, business investment and who is best to manage Donald Trump’s disruptions, but they fell short of laying out a reform agenda that business leaders and economists have been calling for.
In their first election debate, the treasurer said a second-term Labor government would be best placed to manage the uncertainty in the global economy caused by Trump’s trade war. He accused Coalition “DOGE-y sycophants” of wanting to cut the public service like Elon Musk.
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John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s first election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com
Michael Read is the Financial Review's economics correspondent, reporting from the federal press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia and at UBS. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at michael.read@afr.com
