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Treasurer Jim Chalmers prepares for his first budget in 2022 with children Jack (left), Annabel and Leo.

Australia, let’s have more babies, says Jim Chalmers

Australians are having fewer children with the fertility rate tumbling. The treasurer says people should think about having more kids.

  • by Shane Wright and David Crowe

Opinion & Perspectives

Pallas says Labor’s promises have been delayed. Many would say they’ve been broken

Parents whose children will never attend promised childcare or see promised school upgrades are unlikely to be satisfied by the treasurer’s postponement of election pledges.

Annika Smethurst
Annika Smethurst

State Political Editor

If Chalmers gets the budget wrong, interest rate rises may kill his government

For Treasurer Jim Chalmers, this budget is existential. Bad decisions could increase unemployment or provoke more interest rate rises. Both would be political nails in the government’s coffin.

Shane Wright
Shane Wright

Senior economics correspondent

When uni students endorse terror, it’s time for political intervention

The university protests in Australia arising from the Israel-Gaza conflict have moved beyond a debate about free speech.

David Crowe
David Crowe

Chief political correspondent

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Jim Chalmers, delivering his third federal budget, faces his toughest challenge yet.

If Chalmers gets the budget wrong, interest rate rises may kill his government

For Treasurer Jim Chalmers, this budget is existential. Bad decisions could increase unemployment or provoke more interest rate rises. Both would be political nails in the government’s coffin.

  • by Shane Wright
Treasurer Jim Chalmers prepares for his first budget in 2022 with children Jack (left), Annabel and Leo.

Australia, let’s have more babies, says Jim Chalmers

Australians are having fewer children with the fertility rate tumbling. The treasurer says people should think about having more kids.

  • by Shane Wright and David Crowe

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