Articles On Chalmers (ASX:CHR)

When it comes to their night-of-nights, federal treasurers are either splashing cash like an inebriated mariner, or clasping the purse shut like a miserly wealthy great aunt who wants everyone to think she is down to her last cent. In the c...

Trying to figure out how to park legally on Sydney streets is a nightmare for many motorists, with multiple signs requiring MENSA membership to decipher. So the NSW government is going digital with parking signs in the hope it will clear up...

If Jim Chalmers is to seriously tackle weaknesses in Australia’s taxation system, he will have to find a way to tackle some distortions created by the tax-free and tax-reduced status of big super nest-eggs.

Jim Chalmers concedes Labor can do more to tackle rising energy prices after his first budget was ripped apart for failing to do just that.

Electric vehicles, clean energy, and critical minerals megatrends could benefit from federal budget BetaShares says federal budget confirms growing likelihood of economic dark days ahead The ASX companies and ETFs offering exposure to mega...

Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS) shares have certainly garnered plenty of investor attention this year. And for good reason. As the global transition towards green energy and EVs has accelerated, the price for lithium reached all-time highs...

Australians should get ready for a tough tax debate as the Federal Government tries to narrow the gap between spending and revenue.

The Federal Budget has spotlighted developing Australia’s critical mineral industry, encouraging low-emissions technology and decarbonisation, and growing the country’s workforce of the future. It also highlighted the significant contribut...

Jim Chalmers has labelled inflation ‘the dragon we need to slay’ and flagged his intention to take a serious look at coming advice on overhauling the petroleum resource rent tax.

Labor’s first federal budget has been widely welcomed by the tech sector, despite one analyst telling Startup Daily it was “a non-event” for tech. We called it a “socks, jocks and chocolates” budget from Labor, just five months after taking...

Labor’s first federal budget has been widely welcomed by the tech sector, despite one analyst telling Startup Daily it was “a non-event” for tech. We called it a “socks, jocks and chocolates” budget from Labor, just five months after taking...

The pressure for taming Australia’s growing inflation beast is shifting from Treasurer Jim Chalmers to Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe as headline inflation smashed forecasts.

Australia records its highest inflation figures since 1990 at 7.3%, above consensus from economists Costa Group announces US company Paine Schwartz Partners  has acquired a 13.78% stake in company Medibank Private share price plummets afte...

The ASX 200 falls flat  Small caps drop -0.1% Inflation inflates We’ll get to this in a moment. Via Google FinanceJosh, Reuben, Gregor and other bloodhounds have further details, as well.   In the meantime… Yikes. Annual inflation in the...

S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) banks have all outperformed the benchmark index over the past month. Since the opening bell on 26 September, the ASX 200 is up a welcome 5.28%. As for the ASX 200 banks: Australia and New Zealand Banking...

On Monday, as federal treasurer Jim Chalmers sent his first Labor budget to the printers, a bunch of PRs on expensive retainers to startups sent Startup Daily their pre-budget wish lists. It was little like emailing Santa you Amazon gift li...

So, the Albanese government’s first budget has been released into the world. And as Stockhead‘s Christian Edwards put it, “Treasurer Jim Chalmers didn’t break anything“. But does that include crypto? Seems so, and so far, so good. Right, th...

Australia’s number one enemy has been declared as the Treasurer defends his first federal budget from criticism.

Let’s get straight down to the brass tacks. Treasurer Jim Charmers didn’t break anything last night with his first budget. Ex-Stockhead Secret Budget Analysis Weapon, Trained Accountant, Cheese Monger and Former Deputy Editor Sam Jacobs, (a...

I call this one the Doctor’s Budget — the medicine Dr Chalmers is making us swallow.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has hit out at criticism arguing the government “failed” to deliver on key election promises in the budget.

ShareCafeS&P Smiles Upon First Albanese Budget Australia’s AAA stable credit rating will survive the first budget/financial statement from the Albanese ALP government if the immediate reaction from ratings group S&P Global is any in...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers told reporters on Tuesday his first budget was “the beginning of something new and responsible”. The October 2022-23 budget under Labor is certainly a different beast from the one handed down by the Coalition just bef...

For all the work the Treasurer has done in softening the electorate up for the coming economic storm, he has simply failed to seize the moment.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers was careful to manage expectations ahead of handing down this year’s Federal Budget, and the measures announced on Tuesday have largely stuck to the script.

Jim Chalmers has hinted there are more “hard decisions” to come, with this year’s budget only the beginning of cuts to government spending.

All you tax dodgers out there better start looking for new loopholes because a cash-hungry Jim Chalmers is on the hunt.

Highlights Treasurer Jim Chalmers presented the federal budget today (25 October). Families and healthcare have benefited greatly in the new budget. However, tax evaders and dams have suffered due to efforts to reduce fraud and waste....

Jim Chalmers promised ­— or maybe warned — Australians he was planning a ‘bread and butter’ Budget. The next one in May could turn out to be just bread, hold the butter.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ first Budget dodged the key economic questions confronting Australia. Deficit will get worse before it gets better and gross debt remains on track to exceed $1 trillion.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Tuesday handed down the Albanese Government’s first Budget. Here’s your five-minute guide to what the Budget contains.

QMines (QML) announces “outstanding” high-grade results from the Woods Shaft Exploration Target in QueenslandIn September, 15 RC holes were drilled at QML’s flagship Mt Chalmers Copper and Gold Project to confirm previous drilling and deliv...

The ASX 200 trims gains to end circa 0.3% higher Small caps drop 0.2%, but C29 Metals booms China markets still choppy after political appointments   The big show, if balancing books and picking pre-chosen soundbytes is your thing, begins...

The ASX 200 rose modestly on Tuesday Jim Chalmers will deliver his first Budget as Treasurer tonight Aussie CPI data due tomorrow   Aussie shares rose 0.3% on Tuesday ahead of tonight’s Fed Budget. Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand down hi...

I’ve written before about how much I love budget day. Regardless of the party in power, it’s a small but important (and nerdy) example of transparent democracy in action. And it really is the document that, more than any other, tells u...

Believe it or not, tonight is federal budget night. If you’re a little confused, I wouldn’t blame you. Yes, we’ve already had a budget this year, the one delivered back in March. But that was a different government, with a different Treasu...

Chief moneybags and Labor treasure (the Federal Treasurer) Jim Chalmers is at the printer, practising his soundbytes for the Jimsplaining of what’ll be the first Labor budget in this country since names like Rudd, Gillard, Hockey and Abbott...

Junior explorer QMines (ASX: QML) has reported outstanding high-grade results from drilling at the Woods Shaft target within the flagship Mt Chalmers copper-gold project in Queensland. Eleven holes were completed at Woods Shaft for 905 metr...

ASX to track Wall St higher on Tuesday Rishi Sunak poised to become next British PM Jim Chalmers will deliver the Fed Budget at 7.30pm AEDT Local shares are set to open higher again on Tuesday, tracking the gains in New York. At 8am AEST,...

Financial markets economists are backing Treasurer Jim Chalmers to control spending in his Federal budget debut and not create new problems for the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Which economics data moved the needle last week? This.   Fed speak We heard plenty of speeches from Fed Reserve officials last week, but not from the head honcho Jerome Powell himself. Fed Bank of Missouri Jimmy Bullard said it’s good the m...

Labor Treasurer Jim Chalmers is set to unveil Australia's first carbon budget, with emissions cuts likely to be as tricky to balance as the fiscal books.

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher and Treasurer Jim Chalmers have hatched a plan to save $21bn in their first budget.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers maintained a calm, confident aura alongside his three young children just days out from a landmark federal budget.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will deliver his first federal budget on Tuesday. Here’s what we can expect.

Tuesday’s Federal Budget must be the first of many to maintain a disciplined deficit to help the Reserve Bank in managing the economy, analysts have urged.

This has been a big week, even by recent standards… A matter of Truss Yes, the puns abound, but the satirists and cartoonists who’d almost perfected their version of Liz Truss are going to have to start again. Or not, if Boris is given...

Business groups around Australia agree Treasurer Jim Chalmers' first budget next Tuesday shouldn't do anything that further drives up inflation.

Pilbara Minerals accepts its latest pre-auction bid on the BMX totalling US$7,100/dmt Bulletin Resources identifies more than 50 new pegmatite targets at the Ravensthorpe Lithium Project Sayona develops a transport solution for its North A...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says any cost of living relief will need to be targeted in the federal budget to avoid further financial pressures on Australians.