Jim Chalmers
AustraliapoliticianMaleb. 19785.8Global Dominance: 0.02%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 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
Jim Chalmers is the Labor Treasurer who Tim Wilson is politically opposing.
is the Opposition treasury spokesman a Liberal Party leader-in-waiting?Australia· 2026-07-31
Jim Chalmers is the Treasurer of Australia who pointed out the inflation challenges facing the economy.
Does Anthony Albanese have the courage to balance the budget?Australia· 2026-07-31
Treasurer Jim Chalmers commended ASIC for its report and said the government had increased funding for regulators.
Banks pay $55 million in compensation after failing to correctly link accountsAustralia· 2026-07-28
Treasurer Jim Chalmers warned that a series of factors meant the cost of oil was likely to stay elevated, hurting the domestic economy.
oil prices could derail economy, Treasury warnsAustralia· 2026-07-27
The argument that another week of leave would largely pay for itself through happier, healthier workers failed to convince many economists – or Treasurer Jim Chalmers.
The legacy of the outgoing ACTU secretary and her impact on Australian industrial relationsAustralia· 2026-07-27
The commission has been charged by Treasurer Jim Chalmers to examine the nation’s building approval process.
Productivity Commission proposes allowing three-storey developments everywhere to improve housing affordabilityAustralia· 2026-07-27
Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese earlier in the day downplayed the issue of a gas tax.
Why Ed Husic is challenging Anthony Albanese on Gaza, gas tax and party policyAustralia· 2026-07-23
Treasurer Jim Chalmers and others in the government have been open to a fresh revenue grab on resources firms.
PM to promise new cost-of-living relief and student health subsidies ahead of next electionAustralia· 2026-07-22
Jim Chalmers is the Treasurer who will appear at a lunch during the conference.
Lobbyists pay $1000 to see Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke’s band perform at national conferenceAustralia· 2026-07-22
Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered the budget in which he forecast the just completed financial year would show a $28.3 billion deficit.
Government deficit lower than expected as commodities, jobs bolster revenueAustralia· 2026-07-20
Chalmers is mentioned as part of the current Labor leadership taking on reforming roles.
Labor is trying to fix a ‘broken’ economic system. Now it must keep goingAustralia· 2026-07-19
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said self-managed funds accounted for less than 1 per cent of total residential property borrowing.
Why builders predict a $450m hit to state budgets and a drop in new housing startsAustralia· 2026-07-19
Jim Chalmers is the Treasurer of Australia who asked departments to cut down on costs.
Media Insider: Australian public agencies face media heat over A$80,000 taxpayer spending on Jacinda Ardern-headlined women’s leadership summit
New Zealand· 2026-07-17
Jim Chalmers has talked about fixing the nation’s housing system.
Shibboleth about house prices has just been shatteredAustralia· 2026-07-15
Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ fourth budget forecasts a deficit this year of $31.5 billion.
Australians to pay an extra $336b by 2036 due to bracket creep, Parliamentary Budget Office warnsAustralia· 2026-07-14
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has argued that the changes will slow the pace of house price growth rather than cut values.
Majority of voters now support property value decline, Resolve Political Monitor poll revealsAustralia· 2026-07-13
Jim Chalmers attended the memorial service for Richard Scolyer.
Children lead tributes to the late medical researcher at Sydney Opera HouseAustralia· 2026-07-13
Jim Chalmers is the Treasurer of Australia who launched a process to strengthen the performance test for super funds.
SPCX) will be in every Australian’s holding. That’s OKAustralia· 2026-07-12
Joyce said under One Nation there should be a review of the Reserve with some vague suggestion it would look at its inflation target, something that would come as a shock to Jim Chalmers.
Barnaby Joyce wants the RBA to be able to strongarm the government on inflationAustralia· 2026-07-12
Treasurer Jim Chalmers had turned the RBA into a bogeyman when it was public spending that was driving up inflation.
One Nation’s radical plan to lower inflationAustralia· 2026-07-11
Treasurer Jim Chalmers was particularly taken by the book Abundance.
Why Labor’s growth problem will come back to bite the nationAustralia· 2026-07-09
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned the renewed escalation of the US’s war against Iran would hit economic growth and pose more inflationary issues.
Jim Chalmers warns of inflation and economic growth risks as tensions escalateAustralia· 2026-07-09Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ inflation strategy will be tested by a push at Labor’s national conference.
Activists push to reform Reserve Bank inflation targeting amid voter concernsAustralia· 2026-07-07
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the report confirmed the lingering costs and consequences of the war against Iran, but noted the nation’s economic fundamentals remained sound.
Deloitte warns Australian economy facing longest period of sub-par growth since 1990s recessionAustralia· 2026-07-07
Jim Chalmers is the Treasurer of Australia who has commented on the housing market.
The million-dollar property question no one wants to answerAustralia· 2026-07-04
Jim Chalmers is the Treasurer of Australia and has been involved in the tax changes that Dave Hughes opposes.
Comedian Dave Hughes on Anthony Albanese’s tax changes and why he’s speaking out on capital gains tax and negative gearingAustralia· 2026-07-03
