Jim Chalmers has asked the $230 billion Future Fund to consider the government’s national priorities when it votes at company shareholder meetings. Papers also reveal the $230b fund has been ...

The government's "responsible budget management" had helped inflation come down since the 2022 election while providing cost-of-living relief to Australians, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said.

The mid-year economic and fiscal outlook shows an improvement in the 2024-25 budget bottom line will give way to deficits totalling $143.9bn to 2027-28 — $22bn more than initially projected.

“He [Chalmers] was there today with his own version of dishonesty.” Former speaker of the House Bronwyn Bishop has taken a stab at Treasurer Jim Chalmers for his “own version of dishonesty”.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers revised down company tax receipts by $6.6 billion for 2024-2025 and by $8.5 billion over the four-year outlook period in the mid-year budget update released on Wednesday.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Jim Chalmers has delivered a set of budget numbers covered in red – that’s bad news for Anthony Albanese and also for Peter Dutton.

The mid-year budget update has revealed the total deficits over the next four years will increase by $21.8bn to $143.9bn, Treasurer Jim Chalmers revealed on Wednesday. Picture: NewsWire / Martin ...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers used his mid-year fiscal update to reveal a budget awash in red ink, with government spending on everything from aged care to the GST accelerating through 2024-25 and a ...

Has any Treasurer ever had so much bad luck as Unlucky Jim Chalmers? Picture: Martin Ollman This was an utterly bizarre way to announce we’re actually getting the exact opposite. In fact ...

Jim Chalmers is eyeing changes to concessions on high-value superannuation accounts, after it was revealed the tax break will cost the government $55bn this year. The federal Treasurer on Tuesday ...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers was unable to explain why people were staying for longer. "It's coming down slower than was anticipated in the budget really for one reason, and that's because there have ...

Mr Russell, who successfully sued the ABC last year for falsely reporting he was under investigation for shooting an unarmed prisoner, was scathing about Jim Chalmers' excuse that budget 'slippage ...