Budget 2025: Australian Treasurer Says Budget to Focus on Resilience Amid US Trade Tensions

With Australia’s latest budget about to be handed down, one word seems to be dominating messaging—resilience.

Australian Labor Treasurer Jim Chalmers at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on March 24, 2025. AAP Image/Lukas Coch

Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers says building resilience in the face of global economic uncertainty will be a core element of the budget to be handed down on the evening of March 25.

Chalmers has described the budget as a chance to put the economy “front and centre” in the lead-up to the election, hailing it as a “budget to build Australia’s future.”