Jim Chalmers 2022

KIERAN GILBERT:

Welcome back to Budget 2023. Live with me is the Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Thanks for your time. You've delivered a surplus. Is the monkey finally off Labor's back?

JIM CHALMERS:

ANNA HENDERSON:

Treasurer, thanks for joining SBS.

JIM CHALMERS:

Thank you.

HENDERSON:

The JobSeeker increase you've announced equates to about a bus pass a day. You've chosen a surplus over giving people a leg up, haven't you?

CHALMERS:

DAVID SPEERS:

Treasurer, thanks for joining us.

JIM CHALMERS:

Thanks, David.

SPEERS:

And thank you for rushing out of the House of Reps chamber to be with us. Look, as you said tonight in the speech, inflation is the primary challenge confronting the economy, and certainly households as well.

The Albanese Government’s second Budget is ensuring Australia can reach its potential as a renewable energy superpower, with $2 billion for a new Hydrogen Headstart program to scale up development of Australia’s renewable hydrogen industry.

The Albanese Government is taking action to drive down household and business energy costs and make homes and businesses cheaper to run.

Making homes and businesses more energy efficient is one important way we can ease the cost of living and take pressure off Australians.

The 2023‑24 Budget continues the Albanese Government’s work to strengthen the nation’s finances while laying the foundations for a stronger, fairer and more resilient economy into the future.

The Albanese Government’s 2023‑24 Budget addresses the immediate challenges Australians are facing, better shares the opportunities in our society and builds a stronger and more secure economy.

Australians have shown resilience in the face of heightened global uncertainty, persistent inflation and higher interest rates, which are combining to slow our economy.

I move that the Bill be now read a second time.

Stronger foundations for a better future

Speaker,

We acknowledge the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people, the Yagara and Yugambeh Country around Logan, and all the First Nations of Australia – their Elders, customs and traditions.

JIM CHALMERS:

PATRICIA KARVELAS:

Jim Chalmers is the Treasurer and he's our guest this morning. Treasurer, welcome.

JIM CHALMERS:

Thanks very much, Patricia. 

KARVELAS: