
Slashing budget deficits have long been thought of as a Treasurer’s reason for being.
But Jim Chalmers made a show of seeming unfulfilled on Tuesday when announcing a 60 per cent reduction in what had only a year ago been $80 billion in red ink.

Slashing budget deficits have long been thought of as a Treasurer’s reason for being.
But Jim Chalmers made a show of seeming unfulfilled on Tuesday when announcing a 60 per cent reduction in what had only a year ago been $80 billion in red ink.