Grattan on Friday: Treasurer Jim Chalmers prepares a new ‘growth’ script for his third budget
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
If Jim Chalmers were in television, he’d not just be the presenter and key producer of the show but the warm-up act as well.
May 14 – budget night – is the treasurer’s big occasion of 2024. He’s already publicly framing the script and getting out the early promos.
Chalmers gave an international audience a taste of the...