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Jim Chalmers

Treasurer’s speech: This is about more than putting the worst behind us

Australia’s economy is turning the corner when the global economy is taking a turn for the worse. We must build on this platform and seize the best of what’s ahead.

This is an edited and abridged version of the treasurer’s speech in the House of Representatives on budget night.

The global economy is volatile and unpredictable. The 2020s have already seen a global pandemic, global inflation and the threat of a global trade war. The whole world has changed as a consequence.

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Jim Chalmers is the federal treasurer.

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