Jim Chalmers wants to make Australia more fair – but is it enough to stave off the threat from One Nation? (opens in new tab)

Labor’s federal-budget bid to tackle intergenerational equity and woo disenfranchised voters won’t land unless it’s the start of long-term actionJim Chalmers’ budget has been dubbed an “extraordinary political gamble”, but maybe it’s the opposite.While the tabloids have described it as a “madhouse budget”, and the opposition has walked straight into the trap of joining them, Chalmers is being more pragmatic than woke. Continue reading...