Jim Chalmers 2022

JIM CHALMERS:

JIM CHALMERS:

The Government has passed the Treasury Laws Amendment (Mergers and Acquisitions Reform) Bill 2024 through the House of Representatives.

This is a major milestone in building a stronger, more competitive and more productive economy.

These reforms are the largest shakeup of Australia’s merger settings in half a century.

SARAH FERGUSON:

Is today’s speech a rehearsal of the arguments we will hear between now and the election for why the government should be re‑elected?

JIM CHALMERS:

The Albanese Government will modernise the nation’s sovereign wealth fund, building on its success to ensure it can play an enduring and prominent role in our economy.

We are refreshing and renewing this core economic institution to make it stronger, more successful and more sustainable into the future.

Today the Government is:

The Albanese Government is taking action to reform the retirement phase of superannuation so the system delivers a better retirement for more Australians.

Our reforms will give retirees more peace of mind, help them make their super go further and provide more support to navigate retirement.

Thank you for having me back to speak today.

I’m sorry I can’t be there in person. I would have loved to have caught up with you in Sydney on Gadigal Land –

But I’m in Canberra today pushing to get super reforms we’ve worked so hard together on, through the parliament.

Speaker −

Australians have been through a lot in the past decade and a half.

But despite a global financial crisis, a pandemic, a global spike in inflation made worse by war in Europe and the Middle East –

They have maintained a very Australian sense of pragmatism, practicality and purpose – and so has this government.

Thanks Richard [Holden], for the introduction and to the Academy for the kind invitation –

To speak to a room full of so many thinkers, authors, researchers and educators who make lasting contributions to our country through your scholarship and influence on policy.

JIM CHALMERS:

Thanks for coming everyone. I’m going to say a few things about our announcement today on cash and cheques, then we will hear from the Assistant Treasurer and then I wanted to say a few things about the fortnight to come.