Jim Chalmers is Labor’s federal treasurer and the federal member for Rankin, Queensland
August 2025
Australia and the AI revolution – turning algorithms into opportunities
Jim Chalmers
We cannot simply let AI rip, but nor can we pretend it’s not happening – we can chart a middle course that makes our people beneficiaries, not victims of technological change, writes the federal treasurer
July 2024
Australia can be an island of decency and opportunity in a violent and divided world
Jim Chalmers
We have been fortunate with our history and heritage, the politics we’ve chosen and the more mobile society we’ve built together – but we can’t be complacent
April 2022
Australian Politics
Jim Chalmers on Labor’s road to the federal election
Political editor Katharine Murphy talks to shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers about Labor’s roadmap for the imminent federal election
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March 2020
It's not too early to start thinking about Australia after the crisis
Jim Chalmers
We can deal with the most pressing aspects of immediate threats while already contemplating post-virus reconstruction
March 2018
We need to find a better way than Turnbull's corporate tax cuts
Jim Chalmers
There’s no guarantee the tax cuts will be invested onshore and trickle down to middle Australia
December 2014
Kids should code: why 'computational thinking' needs to be taught in schools
Jim Chalmers and Tim Watts
Unchecked, automation will destroy many skilled jobs and push people into insecure, unskilled work. The winners will be those who learn how to code
August 2014
By following the US, Australia consigns future generations to social immobility
Jim Chalmers
Jim Chalmers: Among Joe Hockey’s many mistakes, the most damaging may be his pursuit of American-style job outcomes and intergenerational stagnation here in Australia
January 2014
Tony Abbott's austerity-like measures will hit poorer communities the hardest
Jim Chalmers
Jim Chalmers: The extreme budget cuts put forward by the Abbott government will hit communities like mine especially hard, greatly heightening the risk of future rising joblessness
December 2013
3D printing: not yet a new industrial revolution, but its impact will be huge
Jim Chalmers: 3D printing will allow production on the small-scale to be as efficient as large scale production - its existence and growth will both challenge and complete traditional manufacturing
July 2013
Australia's economic success should not be obscured by leadership politics
Jim Chalmers
Jim Chalmers: How can a country that's grown for 21 consecutive years be so pessimistic? Poisonous, hyper-partisan politics have concealed Australia's economic achievements
