Jim Chalmers 2022

MADELEINE MORRIS:

Good morning to you, Treasurer, and can I start by saying thanks for getting up early for us? I saw you at the Midwinter Ball last night. What time did you get to bed?

JIM CHALMERS:

It was a relatively early departure last night, Madeleine, and I’m very grateful for that this morning.

JIM CHALMERS:

Today’s National Accounts reflect an economy rebounding from the disruption of the pandemic but held back by capacity constraints, skills shortages, and declining real wages.

While the headline figures are encouraging, the details confirm the pressures that are being felt by Australian households and that are weighing on our supply chains.

JOURNALIST:

Treasurer, welfare payments are increasing with indexation, but there are calls for that to be further increased, as recipients haven't seen substantial increases in payments for some time. What do you say to that?

JIM CHALMERS:

JOURNALIST:

The Jobs and Skills Summit went pretty smoothly, but it looks like you'll have a fight on your hands when it comes to multi-employer bargaining?

JIM CHALMERS:

I acknowledge, as I think all of the speakers have, the Ngunnawal and the Ngambri people, the elders, customs and traditions. And I'm proud that First Nations ideas have been such a central part of what we've been discussing the last couple of days. My job before you this afternoon, in addition to inviting the Prime Minister to wrap up the proceedings, I have two other tasks.

PATRICIA KARVELAS:

ANGELA COX:

Treasurer Jim Chalmers joins us from the Great Hall at Parliament House tonight. Thanks so much for your company. The real focus today seemed to be on women. The great untapped resource. There's a lot of pressure on your Government to bring forward your childcare relief to January 1. Are you going to do it?

JIM CHALMERS:

HAMISH MACDONALD:

Good to see you, Jim.

JIM CHALMERS:

G'day Hamish.

PETER HELLIAR:

SARAH FERGUSON:

Treasurer Jim Chalmers joins me now from Canberra. Treasurer, welcome to the program.

JIM CHALMERS:

Thanks very much, Sarah.

FERGUSON: