Politics With Michelle Grattan: Chalmers Says The Budget's Better Than It Was Taylor Says It's Much Worse Than It Should Be

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Appropriately, we finish our podcast for 2024 talking to Treasurer Jim Chalmers and his shadow, Angus Taylor because, as the saying goes,“it's the economy, stupid!”

This week's mid-year budget update showed Australia's economy in poor shape and the buget's trajectory mired in a decade of red.

Chalmers acknowledges the problems, but looks for positives:

Looking to the next election, Chalmers outlines his ambitions for a second Labor term, if the government is re-elected:

For Taylor, the economic challenge is getting the supply side right:

Asked whether, as has been suggested, the Coalition had walked back its migration target, Taylor says:

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