Treasurer Jim Chalmers has pushed back at claims from John Howard that the government is trying to blame the Reserve Bank for its economic troubles.
People often don’t realise how obsessed governments become with how their opponents will react to anything they do or say. Albo seems to have a bad case of this.
The treasurer is utterly at odds with those in the Reserve Bank who say the economy is running a bit too hot – and he does not mind if Australians watch the argument live.
Government spending on everything from major infrastructure to aged care workers has probably stopped the economy from contracting over the past three months.
Informed debate on the economy has been overtaken by populist rhetoric feeding an overblown distrust of institutions.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has pushed back at claims he has undermined the Reserve Bank as they both battle to bring down inflation.
Ajay Banga will make the first visit to Pacific Island nations by a World Bank leader in almost 50 years.
If gross domestic product – better known by its nickname GDP – was a perfect reflection of our quality of life,we would be in trouble.
The compulsion to vote has served us well for more than a century and is the best way for the voices of all the people – even mute ones – to be heard one way or another. What could be more democratic than that?
Economic dislocation and inequality are driving violence around the world,Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has a difficult balancing act hoping to strike a deal with the opposition to reform the Reserve Bank and promising to eschew a pre-election spendathon.