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This week’s federal budget will focus on cost-of-living measures – and a more uncertain global economy

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will bring down the federal budget on Tuesday.

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Cbus takes 'complete responsibility' for payout mess

The Cbus chair, who's faced calls to resign after the superannuation fund delayed disability and death payments, says he will ensure it never happens again.

AAP

Treasurer distances himself from his former boss’ Reserve Bank attack

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has distanced himself from the strident attack his one-time boss Wayne Swan launched on the Reserve Bank, which the former treasurer accused of “putting economic dogma over rational decision-making”.

The Conversation

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Treasurer backs inflation target, despite rates risk

Jim Chalmers has acknowledged there's tension between fiscal and monetary policy, but argues the government and the central bank have the same objective.

AAP

The Greens want a super-profits tax. Labor and business used to like the idea too

When the Greens proposed an extra super-profits tax on the excessive part of really excessive profits last week, business and the government acted as if the sky was about to fall in.

The Conversation

ALP national conference day one – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Labor president Wayne Swan on the party's coming national conference

Next week the Labor Party will hold its national conference in Brisbane. It’s the first face-to-face conference in five years. These conferences don’t have anything like the bite they once did, but there’s still a chance for the party’s rank and file to have a shout about issues. More than…

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Chris Barrett has a formidable job ahead as the new Productivity Commission chief

This week’s appointment of Wayne Swan’s former chief of staff Chris Barrett to head the Productivity Commission puts the annual Trade and Assistance Review it released this month under a more searching spotlight than usual.

The Conversation

The Treasurer has great ideas, but barely a chance to them into action

The Treasurer's upcoming budget will be difficult. So difficult that it’s unlikely to see any reforms to rein in spending or grow revenue .

The New Daily

Alan Kohler: Deficits and debt are about politics, not economics

Chalmers' budget has no surpluses, only deficit and debt. His “big national conversation” needs to be about why that’s OK.

The New Daily

As Jim Chalmers prepares for the challenges ahead, these loyalties will help sustain him

Behind the doctorate, drive and disarming drawl of Jim Chalmers lies a treasure chest of friendships, David Fagan writes.

The New Daily

Chalmers offensive: crunch time as treasurer faces first federal budget

A volatile global economy looms as Jim Chalmers assembles the Albanese government’s inaugural budget, where he will be judged on delivering on election promises while exercising restraint

The Guardian - AU

The man behind Labor's first budget

The treasurer with working class roots is aiming to deliver a "responsible" first budget without leaving the vulnerable behind.

AAP

Stage-three tax cuts spark bigger question about trust in government

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is bracing for grim news this week in Washington DC from the world’s pre-eminent financial movers and shakers.

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Treasurer rules out Medicare levy hike

Lifting the Medicare levy to funnel more funds into the strained public healthcare system is not on the Albanese government's agenda.

The Guardian - AU

‘I will not’: how Julia Gillard’s words of white-hot anger reverberated around the world

Ten years on from the misogyny speech, Katharine Murphy reflects on how it was framed at the time – and what has been gained since

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Can Jim Chalmers become a reforming treasurer?

Jim Chalmers’ long term ambition is similar to that of most treasurers. He wants to be prime minister. More immediately, he aspires to be a reformer, which has become harder in today’s electorate, with its low tolerance for pain.

The Conversation

Australia's biggest economic threat isn't home-grown. It's a recession, originating in the United States

A recession in the US usually brings on a recession in the rest of the world, although not always in Australia.

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Queensland's concentration of key political leaders set to drive increased focus and investment in the Sunshine State

Queensland is home to the Treasurer, the Opposition Leader and the leader of the Nationals. What does that mean for Sunshine State and its issues?

The New Daily

Paul Bongiorno: It won’t be easy for Anthony Albanese, but he says he’s up for it

At his first news conference as the newly sworn in Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese assured the nation he was ready for the top job.

The Guardian - AU

Sky News host Paul Murray in expletive-laden anti-Labor tirade to audience before Peter Dutton interview

Murray urged crowd to vote for Coalition while mocking Penny Wong, trans people and described a regular guest as ‘blow-up clown doll’

ABC News

Federal election: Dutton apologises for 2015 joke about rising seas in light of Solomon Islands China deal — as it happened

The federal election campaign continues, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison wishing Anthony Albanese well following his COVID-19 test, and Peter Dutton apologising for years-old comments.

The Conversation

If Labor wins the election, he is set to become the next federal treasurer. So who is Jim Chalmers?

This is the second in a two-part series on the major parties’ Treasury spokespeople. You can read Michelle Grattan’s profile of Josh Frydenberg here.

The New Daily

Paul Bongiorno: Scott Morrison consoles himself his opponent is no Malinauskas – it won’t matter

The shellacking the South Australian Liberal government suffered at the weekend spells big trouble for the Morrison government in Canberra.

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