Jim Chalmers 2022

The Albanese Labor Government will invest in a Future Made in Australia plan to bring new jobs and opportunities to communities in every part of our country.

Making our future here in Australia is about making the most of our nation’s potential and making sure everyone shares in the benefits.

Helping Australians with the cost of living is our Government’s number one priority.

This Budget delivers a tax cut for every taxpayer, provides new energy bill relief for every household, cuts student debt and increases rent assistance for nearly 1 million households.

The Albanese Labor Government will provide a $300 energy bill rebate to every household and additional energy bill relief to small businesses as part of the responsible cost of living help in the Budget.

Just like every taxpayer is getting a tax cut, every household will now get energy bill relief under the Albanese Government.

The Albanese Labor Government is delivering a tax cut for every taxpayer because we want hardworking Australians to keep more of what they earn.

This Budget continues our government’s methodical approach to tax reform and includes measures to make meaningful tax changes to benefit all Australians, support investment, build a Future Made in Australia and strengthen compliance.

The Albanese Labor Government will establish a new front door for investors with major, transformational investment proposals to make it simpler to invest in Australia and attract more global and domestic capital.

JIM CHALMERS:

SHARRI MARKSON:

Treasurer, thank you so much for your time this evening.

JIM CHALMERS:

Thanks very much, Sharri, for having me back on your show.

MARKSON:

SABRA LANE:

The federal Treasurer joins me now on the phone. Jim Chalmers, welcome.

JIM CHALMERS:

Thanks very much, Sabra.

LANE:

By forecasting a second surplus in a row, is that a fiscal monkey off Labor’s back?

CHALMERS:

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

Cost of living help and a future made in Australia

On this Ngunnawal land we acknowledge all the First Nations people of this country and the custodians, customs and cultures which guide and inspire us.

This is a Budget for the here‑and‑now and it’s a Budget for the decades to come.

ANDREW CLENNELL:

What would you describe as the main theme of this Budget?

JIM CHALMERS: