Five things Jim Chalmers didn’t tell you in his budget speech
By Shane Wright and Natassia Chrysanthos
Treasurer Jim Chalmers used more than 4000 words on Tuesday to set out his third federal budget.
It contained a string of big claims, from a $3.5 billion promise to reduce power bills to a $22.7 billion pledge to rebuild the Australian economy.
This is an abridged version of his speech, but with annotated notes about some of the things that Chalmers didn’t tell Australians.
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Shane Wright – Shane is a senior economics correspondent for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.Connect via Twitter or email.
Natassia Chrysanthos is the federal health reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based at Parliament House in Canberra.Connect via Twitter or email.
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