Australia
Chalmers on budget defence as media pummels proposed changes

CHALMERS TO MAINTAIN BUDGET AHEAD OF RBA’S CONSIDERATIONS
As Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers As they continued to travel around the country selling last week’s budget, the narrative basically boiled down to the government saying: “You were always saying we should stop being cautious and do something bold, so here you go” and those affected said: “yeah, but we didn’t mean it that way.”
You won’t be surprised when you learn the homepages of places like these. Australian And Australian Financial Review continues to host a sea of negative stories about the budget, nine articles It looks like there are more polls showing that this is the worst-received economic statement since 2021.

