After weeks of build up, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has set out his objectives for the government’s three-day economic reform roundtable, which kicked off on Tuesday.
Most importantly, to make our economy more productive over time, because that’s the best way to lift living standards and make people better off. To make our nation more resilient in a more contested world. And thirdly, to build on the budget repair we’ve begun, to make it more sustainable.
Chalmers said the discussions would be informed by what he termed, possibly inspired by 1970s glam rockers The Sweet, a “boardroom blitz”. This included meetings with business leaders, union leaders, more than 40 ministerial roundtables, and almost 900 submissions from across the country.
