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Sep 2023
30m 18s

Jim Chalmers on the Qantas controversy –...

The Guardian
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Guardian Australia’s political editor, Katharine Murphy, talks to the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, about the per capita recession and whether the economy is headed for a hard or soft landing. They also discuss Qantas, trade in the Asean region and the stage-three tax cuts 
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