Australia needs an honest conversation about tax and budgets – and Jim Chalmers is ready to talk
- Written by: Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Mick Tsikas/AAPJim Chalmers is a wily operator. Ahead of delivering his first budget next Tuesday, he has given himself room to do the things a treasurer needs to do.
For a while, his predecessor Josh Frydenberg denied himself that room. In his first budget as treasurer under Scott Morrison ahead of the 2019 election, Frydenberg promised to get the...
