Jim Chalmers
Middle Australia needs AAA rating not business tax cut
The Turnbull Government can keep Australia’s AAA credit rating or it can keep its $50 billion big business tax cut – but it can’t keep both, writes Shadow Finance Minister Jim Chalmers.
Technology, teaching and the future of work
This article was first published by The Drum Online on Monday 8 September 2014. Ours is a democracy, and we have choices. The economist and writer Tyler Cowen described what it would look like if we get those choices wrong: a society divided … Read More
Second Generation of Success
During a recent meeting at my local Khmer Buddhist Temple, a visiting senior Asian politician recounted to me a joke that got me thinking: what’s the difference between a migrant taxi driver and a university professor? The answer: one generation. … Read More
Budgeting for inequality
Joe Hockey’s speech this week shows the Budget will make Australia less equal, not by accident but by design, argues Jim Chalmers. Simon Sinek is not a household name in Australia outside of those who watch TED talks on their … Read More
The courage of our convictions: the dollar float 30 years on
It is highly unusual for a former prime minister, especially a fairly reclusive one, to trek to Canberra during a parliamentary sitting week to address the caucus. There has to be a really good reason. And in this case, for … Read More
Labor and the Tools of Success
This post is an edited extract from ‘Not Dead Yet: What Future for Labor’. To buy ‘Not Dead Yet: What Future for Labor’ for only $14.99 with free postage, sign up here. It wasn’t Labor’s core principles that saw us … Read More
Labor should fight for economic mobility
Under either prospective leader, Labor should make intergenerational mobility a key part of the Opposition’s economic agenda, writes Jim Chalmers and Mitchell Watt. Two things will happen this Sunday in Australia. A new leader of the federal parliamentary Labor Party … Read More
Economic Success, Not Poisonous Politics
The new book by Jim Chalmers argues poisonous, hyper-partisan politics should not obscure Australia’s economic achievements under Rudd, Swan and Gillard. It is now beyond dispute that the last six years have been the most horrific for the global economy since the … Read More
A Response to Mark Latham’s Quarterly Essay
Here is Jim Chalmers’ response to Quarterly Essay 49, Not Dead Yet by Mark Latham, available in the current issue of Quarterly Essay, Unfinished Business by Anna Goldsworthy. www.quarterlyessay.com On a Canberra morning of 2 December 2003 a colleague and I were setting up a … Read More
Coalition education policy does not add up
Jim writes for the Drum today on why this is shaping up as a schools election, and why it matters so much. A common complaint about modern politics is that the two parties are too alike. A well-worn strategy for … Read More
Cameron Clyne
Cameron Clyne is the former CEO of National Australia Bank and now chairman of advisory firm Camel Partners and a
Catherine King
Catherine King is the Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development.
Cilla DeLacy
Cilla has 20 years’ experience in public policy and corporate strategy across the water, land use planning and environmental management
David Coats
David Coats is in Australia as a Visitor at the Chifley Research Centre. He is a research fellow at the
Gabrielle Kuiper
Dr Gabrielle Kuiper has a background in science, sustainability and urban planning. She was previously Senior Adviser, Climate Change, Energy
Jim Chalmers
Jim Chalmers MP is Shadow Treasurer, and the federal Labor Member for Rankin. Prior to his election he was
Linda Tirado
Linda Tirado is a completely average American. She also has good rants about how much it sucks to be poor
Terri Butler
Terri Butler is the Shadow Minister for the Environment and Water, and the federal Labor Member for Griffith, Queensland.
Tim Kennedy
Tim Kennedy is national secretary of the United Workers Union, organising for secure jobs and a fair Australia.
