Jim Chalmers 2022

ANDREW CLENNELL:

Treasurer, thanks for joining us. A small uptick in the unemployment figures. What do you make of it?

JIM CHALMERS:

JIM CHALMERS:

New figures today confirm solid wages growth under the Albanese Labor Government.

The Wage Price Index rose 0.8 per cent in the June quarter, to be 3.6 per cent higher through the year, according to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

PATRICIA KARVELAS:

Jim Chalmers is the Treasurer and he's my guest this morning. Treasurer, welcome back to the program.

JIM CHALMERS:

Thanks very much, Patricia.

KARVELAS:

The ABS will reveal the latest wages data. What are you expecting?

CHALMERS:

LINUS POWER:

ROSS GREENWOOD:

Treasurer always good to catch up. Can I just start with a very basic thing? A person in a job is better than a person not in a job - for the person, for the economy, for businesses as well. Is that a basic premise we can agree on?

JIM CHALMERS:

The Albanese Government will oversee the biggest crackdown on tax adviser misconduct in Australian history.

The PwC scandal exposed severe shortcomings in our regulatory frameworks that were largely ignored by the Coalition, and today we’re taking significant steps to clean up the mess.

URSULA HEGER:

Thank you both for making the time to speak to us today. Pat, you've already run nearly 9,000 kilometres to drum up support for the Voice. What's been the reaction from people on the ground?

PAT FARMER:

LAURA JAYES, HOST:

Jim Chalmers and Pat Farmer join me live now. Gentlemen, great to see you ‑ you look pretty fresh, I've got to say this morning. Pat, first to you ‑ could Jim keep up alright this morning or did you have to slow your pace down?

PAT FARMER:

PAT FARMER: