Jim’s modus: repeat, adapt, repeat
Jim Chalmers is the master of the catchphrase, using political mantras to simplify complex issues and repeating slogans adapted to changing economic circumstances and cost-of-living crisis.
Geoff Chambers
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‘Automatic’ excuse to justify Labor spending
Jim Chalmers’s budget update will bake-in $25.1bn in extra expenditure, with some leading economists declaring Labor’s financial path is not inevitable and offsets can still be made.
Cbus 40th birthday knees-up cost members $387k
Cbus spent almost $400,000 on a party earlier this year, after the industry superannuation fund had allegedly mishandled $20m in insurance money and in some cases took more than a year to pay out death benefits or disability payments.
Slumping Chinese economy blows $100bn hole in Chalmers budget
Jim Chalmers will downgrade mining exports by $100bn and company tax receipts by $8.5bn, as Xi Jinping’s flatlining economy drives a widening deficit hole in Australia’s budget.
All eyes on Jim as PM seeks an economic fix
Jim Chalmers’s luck has run out, as Anthony Albanese turns to him to reverse the government’s fortunes and get it back on-message months out from a tight federal election.
RBA appointments spark fresh fight over rate-setting board
Jim Chalmers will unveil his picks for the new rate-setting board, as he attacked the Coalition for dealing themselves out of negotiations after abandoning bipartisan support on RBA reforms.
Dutton ready for scare on nuclear
Peter Dutton will ‘stare down’ nuclear scare campaigns and seek an election mandate to compel sceptical premiers and business chiefs into fast-tracking his plan to build seven nuclear power plants.
Powering up for a poll – but it will be all about prices
Peter Dutton’s nuclear promise won’t win him the election, with voters struggling to think past next month let alone what might happen in 2050.
Bowen backs state powers to delay closure of coal, gas plants to keep lights on
Chris Bowen has backed new state powers mandating the extension of retiring coal-and-gas-fired power plants, sparking Coalition warnings Labor is being ‘dishonest’ about longer-term reliance on thermal generation.
Vow to end ‘evil’ a start, but will it move beyond rhetoric?
Anthony Albanese has finally turned up in the fight against anti-Semitism. But many, including senior figures inside his cabinet, remain sceptical about his long-term resolve to do what’s required.
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