Jim Chalmers says media’s ‘rule-in rule-out game’ on tax reform has ‘cancerous effect’ on policy debates

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Treasurer says Labor has a responsibility to move beyond its election mandate and consider tax reform

Jim Chalmers says Labor has a “responsibility” to move beyond its election mandate as he argues the nation’s future prosperity depends on designing an ambitious agenda centred on creating a more productive economy and tax reform.

In a speech at the National Press Club in Canberra, the treasurer said a three-day reform roundtable from 19 August would be “a genuine attempt to find common ground if it exists, in the service of our shared national economic interest”.

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