Jim Chalmers 2022

PATRICIA KARVELAS:

Treasurer, welcome back to breakfast.

JIM CHALMERS:

Thanks very much Patricia.

KARVELAS:

Do you have the appetite for big changes to resuscitate productivity in this country?

CHALMERS:

Today the Productivity Commission’s 5-Year Productivity Inquiry is released, as a contribution to the national debate about lifting Australia’s productivity performance.

Making our economy more productive is all about lifting incomes and living standards and creating more opportunities for more people in more parts of our country.

Uncle Thomas Coghill – thank you for that characteristically kind welcome to country.

I also want to acknowledge the elders, customs and traditions of the Jagera people from this side of the Meanjin, the Turrbal from the other side –

JIM CHALMERS:

PATRICIA KARVELAS:

Jim Chalmers is the Treasurer and he joins me now. Treasurer, welcome back to Breakfast.

JIM CHALMERS:

Thanks Patricia.

KARVELAS:

RAFAEL EPSTEIN:

The Treasurer of Australia, part of Anthony Albanese, the Prime Minister's team, thanks for joining us, Treasurer.

JIM CHALMERS:

Thanks for having me back on your show, Raf.

EPSTEIN:

Surely that's enough with the rate rises, do you think it's going to stop now?

Thanks for the opportunity to join you tonight.

When I accepted this invitation some weeks ago I envisaged quite a specific speech, about some of the staging points of a busy 2023 – and I’ll still do some of that.

But flying back from a meeting of G20 economic ministers and central bankers in India the weekend before last –

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DAVID KOCH:

Joining me now, Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Jim Chalmers, can we trust you not to keep dropping this cap on super concessions?

JIM CHALMERS: