Jim Chalmers
AustraliapoliticianMaleb. 19786.1Global Dominance: 0.06%Jim Chalmers is the Treasurer of Australia, recently in the news for discussing the government's commitment to addressing the housing crisis through initiatives like building new homes and attracting workers to the construction industry.
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The thrust of Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ tax package will otherwise become law by the end of next week.
Albanese government secures Greens’ support for budget tax package in exchange for NDIS inquiry delayAustralia· 2026-06-23
Jim Chalmers’ budget is a total flop.
UK PM set to resign; Public backs house price fallsAustralia· 2026-06-21
Treasurer Jim Chalmers told us on budget night, house prices are up more than 400 per cent since 1999.
Why falling house prices won’t be an economic disasterAustralia· 2026-06-21
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers said they would wind back their original proposal.
What the government's backflip on the 30 per cent minimum tax means for your inheritanceAustralia· 2026-06-21
Jim Chalmers is the Treasurer who brought down the budget that Eslake discusses.
Most Australians don’t want housing affordability to be fixed, and politicians know itAustralia· 2026-06-20
Treasurer Jim Chalmers hopes scrapping expansive ministerial powers to administer Labor’s capital gains tax changes will unlock Greens support for the contentious reforms.
Anthony Albanese announces expanded capital gains tax exemptions for small businesses amid backlashAustralia· 2026-06-20
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the growth was solid given the circumstances faced by the nation at the start of the year.
AI revolution and consumer spending give economy a liftAustralia· 2026-06-03
Treasurer Jim Chalmers emphasised the social benefit of more affordable homes and giving first home buyers a chance against investors.
RBA thinks budget tax changes will lower inflation – but not in the way Labor wantsAustralia· 2026-06-02
Treasurer Jim Chalmers insisted the Labor government had made its views 'very, very' clear regarding the need for a decent sustainable real wage increase.
Australia minimum wage lifts by 4.75 per cent after Fair Work Commission decisionAustralia· 2026-06-02Treasurer Jim Chalmers has said that first home buyers should not worry about falling house prices.
Peter Garrett to lead AUKUS inquiry; RBA judges Labor housing policies; Ebola outbreak in Africa won’t spark Australian travel restrictionsAustralia· 2026-06-02
Treasurer Jim Chalmers moved on Monday to counter doubts about whether scrapping investor concessions would boost supply.
Officials claim Labor’s first-term policies failed to improve supply and potentially raised pricesAustralia· 2026-06-02
Jim Chalmers is the Australian Minister for the Economy who commented on the recent poll results.
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Slovenia· 2026-06-01
Jim Chalmers is noted for his relaxed interview style and his critical remarks about Angus Taylor.
Angus Taylor’s ‘arrogant prick’ taunt was revealing. But voters may not like what it revealedAustralia· 2026-05-31
Treasurer Jim Chalmers outlined changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax.
Price growth stalls as Sydney and Melbourne values fallAustralia· 2026-05-31
Treasurer Jim Chalmers told the nation that boosting productivity is central to this year’s budget.
We’re working harder than ever. So why don’t the metrics show it?Australia· 2026-05-30
Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ budget tax package includes restricting negative gearing to new homes.
How more than 1 million landlords will escape negative gearing changesAustralia· 2026-05-30
Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ budget tax package includes restricting negative gearing to new homes.
How more than 1 million landlords will escape negative gear changesAustralia· 2026-05-29When the treasurer says indexation will cost 'a quarter of a trillion dollars over the decade', that’s the figure he wants to steal from Australians through bracket creep.
Angus Taylor accuses Anthony Albanese of lies as mentor Tony Abbott returns to Liberal PartyAustralia· 2026-05-29Jim Chalmers is the treasurer who introduced the tax legislation to federal parliament.
Business groups are howling over the budget, and it’s getting messyAustralia· 2026-05-28
Treasurer Jim Chalmers used the budget to unveil the biggest change to property tax laws in a generation.
How wealthy older Australians are dominating the property market according to RBA researchAustralia· 2026-05-28
Treasurer Jim Chalmers introduced the tax bill to the House of Representatives.
Senate inquiry to examine contentious capital gains and negative gearing changesAustralia· 2026-05-28Jim Chalmers is the Treasurer who helped Anthony Albanese recover from the fallout of the Voice referendum defeat.
There’s a reason people are voting One Nation. Those who sneer at them are missing the larger pictureAustralia· 2026-05-27
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is resisting loud calls to limit his CGT overhaul to investment properties.
Jim Chalmers resists calls to limit changes to investment propertiesAustralia· 2026-05-27
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government’s halving of the fuel excise helped ease price pressures last month.
Inflation retreats from three-year highAustralia· 2026-05-27
Jim Chalmers this week warned of the potential for 'substantial' consequences on the local and global economy as a result of the war.
Investors are expecting Donald Trump to back down in the war with Iran – but what if he doesn’t? | Australian economy
United Kingdom· 2026-03-07
Jim Chalmers is the Treasurer tasked with delivering a budget to raise productivity.
To remain one and free, Australia must confront three key systemic challengesAustralia· 2026-03-06
Treasurer Jim Chalmers wrote on Tuesday to the national consumer watchdog instructing it to monitor petrol price gouging by petrol stations.
Petrol stations hike prices before US-Iran war costs flow throughAustralia· 2026-03-04
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has made clear the May 12 budget will contain savings measures and policies aimed at boosting productivity growth.
EV tax break in firing line as Labor eyes savings from budgetAustralia· 2026-03-03Treasurer Jim Chalmers has reiterated the government’s distaste for those holding events to mourn recently killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Albanese tables Liberal election review, as Coalition probes Labor over ISIS bridesAustralia· 2026-03-03
Taylor said the Chalmers was vulnerable on the politics of the cost-of-living fight because 'inflation has beaten Jim Chalmers'.
Vows to fight Labor's property tax break cuts in budgetAustralia· 2026-03-01
