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So what is Albonomics, and what will it mean for Australia?

So what is Albonomics, and what will it mean for Australia?

When he came to power, the prime minister’s economic priorities were hard to discern. Two years on, his vision is clear.

  • by Shane Wright

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Chalmers has navigated a steady course. But can he nail a tricky landing?

Chalmers has navigated a steady course. But can he nail a tricky landing?

Like a pilot negotiating fierce crosswinds, Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ dexterity will be judged on whether the economic landing is soft or hard.

  • by Peter Hartcher
Chalmers wakes the baby debate the country needs
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Chalmers wakes the baby debate the country needs

Jim Chalmers is not planning a fertility police squad in next week’s budget, but his comments on the birth rate go to an issue the world needs to debate.

  • by Shane Wright
If Chalmers gets the budget wrong, interest rate rises may kill his government

If Chalmers gets the budget wrong, interest rate rises may kill his government

For Treasurer Jim Chalmers, this budget is existential. Bad decisions could increase unemployment or provoke more interest rate rises. Both would be political nails in the government’s coffin.

  • by Shane Wright
Australia, let’s have more babies, says Jim Chalmers

Australia, let’s have more babies, says Jim Chalmers

Australians are having fewer children with the fertility rate tumbling. The treasurer says people should think about having more kids.

  • by Shane Wright and David Crowe
Let’s get fiscal
Opinion
Column 8

Let’s get fiscal

Compiling the House of Reps calendar.

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Households bank on tax cuts and anti-inflation budget plans

Households bank on tax cuts and anti-inflation budget plans

Tax cuts, worth on average $1888, and a further round of cost-of-living measures will be at the heart of Jim Chalmers’ third budget.

  • by Shane Wright
Falling for the Chalmers offensive
Opinion
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Falling for the Chalmers offensive

Hot boy in the house (of representatives).

When politicians fire up on ‘security’, my bulldust detector goes to DEFCON 1

When politicians fire up on ‘security’, my bulldust detector goes to DEFCON 1

Using “security” as a justification for a policy initiative opens the door to interventions that are, in the words of former Treasury secretary Dr Ken Henry, “frankly, bad”.

  • by Ross Gittins
Reserve Bank delivers a hospital pass of problems to Chalmers

Reserve Bank delivers a hospital pass of problems to Chalmers

Jim Chalmers, a Brisbane Broncos fanatic, will wonder what hit him after the Reserve Bank signalled higher interest rates for longer.

  • by Shane Wright
No scorched earth: Chalmers promises budget spending as economy slows

No scorched earth: Chalmers promises budget spending as economy slows

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is poised to deliver a second successive budget surplus, but deficits in coming years to support the economy.

  • by Shane Wright