Dr Jim Chalmers MP

Shadow Minister for Finance.

Dr Jim Chalmers MP

Shadow Minister for Finance

Member for Rankin, Queensland

(07) 3299 5910

https://www.jimchalmers.org/

jim.chalmers.mp@aph.gov.au

NO ACTION ON PAYMENTS OR CRYPTO BEFORE THE ELECTION

JIM CHALMERS MP

Wed, Dec 8, 2021 9:35 AM

Labor has consistently said that payments structures, cryptocurrencies and the broader financial system are changin...

Finance

GROWTH SLOWS, WITH MORE PAIN TO COME

JIM CHALMERS MP

Wed, Sep 1, 2021 4:19 PM

Today’s growth numbers show the economy was slowing even before the current lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, and...

Finance

FRYDENBERG AT THE WHEEL OF ‘PORK AND RIDE’

JIM CHALMERS MP

Wed, Aug 11, 2021 3:54 PM

Josh Frydenberg is up to his neck in the Morrison Government’s shameless $660 million ‘pork and ride’ cash splash,...

Finance

CERTAINTY ON NEGATIVE GEARING

ANTHONY ALBANESE MP 

Mon, Jul 26, 2021 12:58 PM

An Albanese Labor Government will establish a powerful, transparent and independent National Anti-Corruption Commis...

Finance

GENERATIONAL DEBT WITHOUT A GENERATIONAL DIVIDEND

JIM CHALMERS MP

Mon, Jun 28, 2021 3:22 PM

The 2021 Intergenerational Report details the very long shadow cast by the Coalition’s eight long years of economic...

Finance

GOVERNMENT FELL $91 BILLION SHORT

JIM CHALMERS MP

Thu, Jun 24, 2021 7:43 AM

Every Australian is $8,000 worse off because Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg have fallen $91 billion short of th...

Finance

THE RECOVERY FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

RICHARD MARLES MP

Thu, Jun 17, 2021 3:13 PM

Today’s Labour Workforce figures highlight the volatility of Australia’s recovery from the COVID pandemic and why a...

Employment

TREASURY SAYS JOBKEEPER CUT COST 56,000 JOBS

RICHARD MARLES MP

Tue, Jun 1, 2021 1:26 PM

Around 56,000 Australians who relied on JobKeeper lost their jobs at the end of March after the critical wage subsi...

Treasury

MORE MARKETING, MISMANAGEMENT AND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES

JIM CHALMERS MP

Tue, May 11, 2021 7:54 PM

This Budget is yet another marketing exercise that can’t re-brand the mismanagement and missed opportunities that d...

Treasury

UNEVEN RECOVERY DEFINED BY MORE WEAK WAGES GROWTH

JIM CHALMERS MP

Fri, May 7, 2021 2:43 PM

In its latest Statement on Monetary Policy, the Reserve Bank has highlighted Australia’s recovery remains uneven, w...

Finance

ANOTHER JOBSHAMBLES

RICHARD MARLES MP

Thu, May 6, 2021 12:18 PM

Having stuffed up the vaccine rollout, mucked up hotel quarantine, mixed up the cost of JobKeeper by an eyewatering...

Employment

NORTHERN AUSTRALIA KEPT WAITING ON KEY INSURANCE SUPPORT

JIM CHALMERS MP

Tue, May 4, 2021 12:30 PM

After almost a decade of inaction, the Morrison’s Government’s belated announcement of a reinsurance pool is a $10...

Treasury