Articles On Chalmers (ASX:CHR)

Ahead of next week’s budget, the Treasurer is promising average households a $2,800 windfall. How will this ‘gift’ be delivered?

Treasurer downplays suggestions the Federal Budget has the largest role to play for besieged households seeking cost-of-living relief after the Reserve Bank’s caution rates may have to stay on hold for longer.

Tuesday’s budget will unveil tax reform beyond the changes to stage 3 cuts, the Treasurer has said, as he sets out the government’s priorities.

What are we to hear from Dr Jim Chalmers next Tuesday about his plans to get more homes built?

Copper is on a heater and projected to hit US$15,000/t within two years Northwest QLD is renowned for its high-grade IOCG, porphyry and sulphide mineralisation ASX juniors are accelerating projects around some of Australia’s most profitabl...

Treasurer says the Federal Government will do what it “can afford to do” in delivering cost-of-living relief in next week’s Budget but suggested the bulk will be through already announced tax cuts.

The plight of struggling renters will be addressed in the upcoming federal budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says.

Despite concerns raised by some economists, federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers is set to reject calls for further austerity in the upcoming May budget.

The RBA, the banks and big business are threatening to upstage federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ impending May budget.

In this edition of Moves and Moods, we continue tracking the progress of inflation, and the risks this poses for higher interest rates. The financial press has been awash with commentary on the recent Australian inflation numbers. The y...

If you're actively buying S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) shares right now you may wish to filter for companies likely to outperform in a higher interest rate environment. That's according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...

On 1 May 2024, Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced reforms to streamline Australia’s foreign investment framework, specifically to advance investments that align with the critical minerals sector.  In the announcement, the govern...

We’ve had two releases from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today which the ASX200 has largely ignored but which do give us ideas on where the future of the country is headed in the weeks and months ahead. The first is Australi...

The ASX has plunged alongside Wall Street on jitters of higher US rates for longer All 11 sectors closed in the red Uranium stocks gathered some ground today   The ASX200 has tumbled over 1% on Wednesday as hot US labour data sent jitters...

Burmeister deposit’s exploration target of 15.6-20.1Mt at 0.97-1.19% Li2O is large enough for a standalone operation Deposit is also just the first of several high tenor soil anomalies to be drill tested at Lake Johnston project Infill dri...

The Treasurer has given his biggest hint yet Aussies can expect cost-of-living support in the upcoming budget – but it won’t please everybody.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will outline this filtering of foreign investors today as a support piece to the government’s Future Made in Australia Act.

A pre-feasibility study (PFS) for the development of the historic Mt Chalmers copper-gold deposit in Queensland has demonstrated a technically and financially robust opportunity for owner QMines (ASX: QML). The study assessed the constructi...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has unveiled his plan to bolster and streamline foreign investment laws for a changing world as he prepares his third budget.

Amid a backlash from economists and industry experts, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will unveil guardrails for the Albanese government’s industry policy overhaul.

We’ve had two important points of economic data drop today for the land down under – retail sales at home, and, what’s happening across the sea with our largest trading partner, China. Let’s start with the domestic data – where we’ve le...

In the lead-up to next month’s State and Federal Budgets, here’s how you can help the tens of thousands of senior who — like most families — are struggling with constant increases to the cost of living. 

The Treasurer always says he doesn’t second-guess decisions of the RBA, but there’s little doubt that its decisions will be in the back of his mind as he works to put the finishing touches on his next Budget.

While it is expected the budget will remain in surplus, welfare recipients holding out for relief are set to be disappointed.

Treasurer insists next month’s Federal Budget can address cost of living and housing measures without adding to the nation’s inflation challenge. Economists say he’s been left little room to move.

Albanese govt announces the Future Made in Australia Act Why supporting Australian Made is a win-win game Stockhead reached out to Australian Made CEO, Ben Lazzaro   The ambitiously named Future Made in Australia Act was launched a couple...

Students saddled with unpaid placements and soaring debts could be in line for relief in next month’s Federal Budget, the Treasurer has hinted.

The niggling threat of an inflationary acceleration is rearing its ugly head once again, setting ASX All Ord shares on track for their worst month since August last year. Nervousness has re-entered the chat this month. Increasing conflic...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has issued a sobering warning about the nation’s budget as international tensions increase.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will slash growth forecasts for some of the world’s biggest economies, deeming the outlook ‘fraught and fragile’ after a string of meetings with his global counterparts in the US.

As Australians eagerly await what is in next month’s budget, the Treasurer has given some major hints during a speech in Washington DC.

Clean energy and finance groups are urging Treasurer Jim Chalmers to set an ambitious and visionary budget to end Australia's "over-dependence" on coal and gas.

Jim Chalmers has slammed a threat to jail the Woolworths chief executive as “confected outrage” that is detracting from the issue at hand.

Jim Chalmers has slammed a threat to jail the Woolworths chief executive as “confected outrage” that is detracting from the issue at hand.

Competition is vital for all Australians that want to enjoy fair prices and good quality goods and services – which is almost all of us. Which is why the beefing up of the merger laws by Treasurer Jim Chalmers is such a big deal in a countr...

Targeted assistance makes sense but there has to be rigorous and robust tests to prevent money being wasted.

A budget surplus is "still our goal" but the degree of difficulty has risen with global economic uncertainty hitting tax revenue, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says.

While most developers of health diagnosis tools scurry off to the capacious US market, Bcal is happy to use Australia as the springboard for what will be the country’s first blood-based breast cancer assay. “It’s a passion of ours to launch...

Amid warnings over the government’s recently announced Future Made in Australia plan, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said taxpayer funds would not be wasted.

The ex-treasurer has slammed Australia’s chief productivity adviser who was hand-picked by his own former chief of staff, Jim Chalmers.

The ASX200 closed down 0.45 of a per cent. The energy sector lead gains, up 1.16 per cent. Real-estate fell the most, down one and three quarters of a per cent. Financials and Health care both lost around point nine of a per cent.   I...

In a startling spray, the Treasurer has challenged the economic understanding of his political foes as he defends a major policy change.

Australia's competition and consumer watchdog will have greater powers to scrutinise mergers of concern under new reforms put forward by the Federal Government, which also include plans to simplify and speed up the process for mergers that...

The Albanese government’s overhaul of mergers policy follows concerns that anti-competitive takeover deals are stifling innovation and cause price hikes.

Rules governing how businesses and companies merge in Australia are “not fit for purpose”, Jim Chalmers will declare, paving the way for their biggest upheaval in 50 years to prevent further economic harm.

Peter Dutton has been swiftly slammed for a series of comments he made to small business leaders as the Opposition Leader ramps up his pitch to voters.

I’ve been asked to assess The Australian’s Judith Sloane’s view on the country’s current Treasurer, Dr Jim Chalmers, who’s seen as the likely successor to PM Anthony Albanese. So here goes.

Corporations will be covered by a climate reporting regime under new laws but not yet, as Treasurer Jim Chalmers bends to pressure from the big end of town.

SYDNEY, March 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Football great and CEO and Founder of Indigenous Defence and Infrastructure Consortium (iDiC), Adam Goodes’ Black Excellence Fund headlines this years’ Impact Investment Summit as part of its goal of ac...

Australia’s most populous state will petition Jim Chalmers to overhaul the “absurd” system that distributes GST to states and territories.