Jim Chalmers
AustraliapoliticianMaleb. 19785.8Global Dominance: 0.05%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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Treasurer Jim Chalmers will reveal a $6 billion budget boost on Monday as he faces internal pressure to curb inflation ahead of the Reserve Bank’s likely decision to raise interest rates.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers to reveal $6 billion deficit improvement ahead of interest rate decisionAustralia· 2026-09-27
According to Treasurer Jim Chalmers, thanks to decades of compulsory superannuation, Australia’s spending on pensions as a share of the economy will be the lowest among all OECD nations.
The bright spot in young Australians’ economic realityAustralia· 2026-09-27
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned about the soaring interest bill affecting the federal budget.
Stark warning as Jim Chalmer’s reveals soaring interest billAustralia· 2026-09-23
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said he had not 'necessarily' given up on bringing the budget to balance.
Why the Coalition is claiming an $83 billion black hole in Labor’s economic planAustralia· 2026-09-22
Jim Chalmers is referenced as the treasurer who had the budget in the black a little over two years ago.
The rise of populism on the left and right is affecting our knowledge of the economyAustralia· 2026-09-22
Jim Chalmers releases intergenerational report.
Trump’s White House ban sparks US TV network solidarity response; Anthony Albanese launches UN Security Council bid amid AI regulation pitch; Jim Chalmers releases integenerational reportAustralia· 2026-09-22
Jim Chalmers is the Treasurer who released the federal government’s seventh intergenerational report.
How record low birth rates and longer life expectancy are reshaping AustraliaAustralia· 2026-09-21Treasurer Jim Chalmers has argued that the Intergenerational Report demonstrates that Australia is one of very few nations where spending on the pension is on track to decline.
Andrew Bragg floats new plan to use retirement savings for home loansAustralia· 2026-09-21
Chalmers, in a Q&A session after the release of the document, discussed the government's need to cut income taxes further when the budget can afford it.
Why the Treasury’s growth assumptions are critical to the nation’s future debtAustralia· 2026-09-21
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has declared that Australia must rush to embrace artificial intelligence and the energy transition.
The five major transformations expected to change the nation by the mid-21st centuryAustralia· 2026-09-21
Jim Chalmers prepares intergenerational report release.
Anthony Albanese urges AI regulation in US trip; Jim Chalmers prepares intergenerational report release; Coalition tobacco tax plan to subsidise fuelAustralia· 2026-09-20
Jim Chalmers said 'the 2020s must mark the end of complacency' in his speech releasing the last Intergenerational Report.
Can Labor rise above the chaotic carnival of our politics? We’re about to find outAustralia· 2026-09-20
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has flagged a desire to deliver Australians a fresh round of tax cuts as he prepares to release a 40-year economic forecast.
Chalmers flags tax cuts, tough times in intergenerational reportAustralia· 2026-09-20
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is trying to cover up the bad news in the coming report, painting a picture of prosperity that the current trajectory can’t justify.
Sick of the doom and gloom? Australia can choose prosperity, if we elect toAustralia· 2026-09-20
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government was ahead of schedule on its budget forecasts to reduce net overseas migration.
Australia’s population grows by more than 390,000 to 27.9 million in 12 monthsAustralia· 2026-09-17
Jim Chalmers is an Australian politician who is also not expected to criticize Bullock.
How the Federal Reserve is ignoring political pressure to combat inflationAustralia· 2026-09-17
Jim Chalmers is the Treasurer who was also mentioned in the context of redirecting blame for the situation.
$5000 threshold dumped after community backlashAustralia· 2026-09-17
Jim Chalmers is the Treasurer of Australia who will release the intergenerational report on the federal budget.
Forecast reveals hundreds of billions in debt savings for future taxpayersAustralia· 2026-09-16
Jim Chalmers is the Treasurer of Australia.
CBA boss Matt Comyn makes the rounds at Parliament HouseAustralia· 2026-09-15
Treasurer Jim Chalmers prepares caucus for bleak economic outlook as productivity concerns mount.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers prepares caucus for bleak economic outlook as productivity concerns mountAustralia· 2026-09-15
Jim Chalmers was heckled by Laurence McIntyre during a medical centre event.
Inside the Brethren’s secret election influence plot with the far-rightAustralia· 2026-09-13
Former ACTU chief Bill Kelty accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers of fuelling support for One Nation.
Federal debt and spending cuts dominate voter priorities as Labor support faltersAustralia· 2026-09-13Jim Chalmers is accused by Bill Kelty of insulting voters by celebrating falling house prices while real wages decline.
Labor luminary slams Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers over cost of living and housing affordabilityAustralia· 2026-09-12
Treasurer Jim Chalmers revealed that the cost of the age pension to Australian taxpayers would fall over the next 40 years.
One Nation superannuation policy benefits one groupAustralia· 2026-09-11
Jim Chalmers is the Treasurer and is also not expected to move on.
Anthony Albanese’s team looks settledAustralia· 2026-09-11
Jim Chalmers is the Treasurer of Australia who commented on the rising interest rates during question time.
Australian recession fears as interest rates, Trump data centre spending spark global turmoil, ASX dropAustralia· 2026-09-10
Treasurer Jim Chalmers revealed changes to protect widows and divorcees under the federal government's budget overhaul.
Widows and divorcees protected under new federal government amendmentsAustralia· 2026-08-04
Jim Chalmers compared the current decline in property values to previous falls in the market over the past 20 years.
Economist predicts nation’s 30-year price-rise super-cycle is overAustralia· 2026-08-03
Treasurer Jim Chalmers reiterated there were no plans to reintroduce the excise discount.
Petrol hits $2 a litre as excise discount ends and Middle East conflict affects global supplyAustralia· 2026-08-03
Jim Chalmers said housing was a long-term investment and prices would rise in years to come as the national market experiences its deepest downturn since Albanese came to office.
National house prices fall; 2026 Commonwealth Games ends; Labor finalises News Bargaining Incentive legislationAustralia· 2026-08-02