Treasurer outlines his second-term economic agenda
Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell discusses Treasurer Jim Chalmers' National Press Club address.
'Jim Chalmers this week gave a speech at the National Press Club, a week after the Prime Minister had given a similar speech - talking up the government's productivity roundtable to be held in August,' Mr Clennell said.
'He poured a bit of cold water on the prospect there could be an increase in the GST and a resultant decrease in income tax and other taxes, that's the big tax reform that people have been urging for decades.'
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