Chalmers Unveils Push for Productivity Revival and Long-Term Tax Overhaul

Treasurer confirms a super tax as Labor’s second-term agenda targets resilience and fiscal stability.
Chalmers Unveils Push for Productivity Revival and Long-Term Tax Overhaul
Treasurer Jim Chalmers arrives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on May 14, 2024. Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images
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With pressures mounting on the economy, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has flagged productivity, tax reform, and resilience as the core focus areas for Labor’s second term. He says the time calls for ambitious but practical policy action.

In his first major address since Labor’s decisive May election win, Chalmers told the National Press Club that the next phase of economic reform would be “progressive and patriotic … but also practical and pragmatic.”

Naziya Alvi Rahman
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Naziya Alvi Rahman is a Canberra-based journalist who covers political issues in Australia. She can be reached at [email protected].