Articles On Chalmers (ASX:CHR)

Chief Economist Michael Knox believes that a budget balance of 0.17% of GDP is better than no balanced budget at all.

While Treasurer Dr Jim Chalmers can boast about the fastest return to surplus since World War II, those super members with big balances are going to have to duck for cover.

While Treasurer Dr Jim Chalmers can boast about the fastest return to surplus since World War II, those super members with big balances are going to have to duck for cover.

The ASX is set to fall on Wednesday after some gloomy earnings forecast on Wall Street Debt ceiling negotiations commence, with a potential US default on the line UBS says last night’s Budget was “stimulatory”, adding pressure on the RBA ...

Companies with exposure to Artificial Intelligence (AI), quantum technology, green energy, childcare and aged care are set to be bolstered by the delivery of Australia’s Federal Budget last evening. But companies focussed on offshore gas...

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ShareCafeMajor indexes lower as investors await key inflation reports                    Stocks closed lower Tuesday as investors readied for key inflation reports due later in the week and progress on the US debt limit. Traders are l...

Critics are lashing the government for committing to a $300 billion tax promise while people are doing it so tough.

Our Man of Marrickville’s Treasurer Jim Chalmers has lobbed upon us his 1st full budget – and a straight up and down document it is. Here’s what you might need to know now: – A budget surplus of $4.2 billion (0.2% of GDP) is now forecast in...

The Tech Council of Australia (TCA) has welcomed federal budget announcements backing skilled migration, cybersecurity and a new commercialisation fund.  TCA CEO Kate Pounder said the measures by Treasurer Jim Chalmers aligned with the prio...

Any additional stimulus would threaten higher interests rates and push Australia into a grinding recession. Chalmers has taken the safer option.

The collapse of several US regional banks has created greater uncertainty to the outlook for the world economy as Jim Chalmers warns global growth will be the slowest this century.

Moments after Jim Chalmers delivered his second budget, he was snapped with his daughter.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has delivered his second budget with a heavy focus on cost-of-living relief for Australians who are struggling due to persistently high inflation and rising interest rates. While Chalmers says the economy should conti...

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has handed down his second Budget — and he had a lot to say during his speech in Parliament. Ben Harvey decodes what the Treasurer actually meant.

ShareCafe2023-24 Federal Budget Review, Part One The 2023-24 federal budget was leaked so much that it was almost DOA. Figures for economic growth, deficit, tax changes, unemployment and wages were all dropped by the Albanese government to...

ShareCafe2023-24 Federal Budget Review, Part Two PART ONE HERE   Call it the Twiggy Forrest reward for all that urging the executive chair of Fortescue Metals Group has been doing to promote green hydrogen. In last night’s 2023-24 budget, T...

Many Australians will be able to gain cheaper access to medical care, rent and welfare payments in this year’s federal budget.

The 2023 federal budget has earmarked $392 million Industry Growth Program in advice and grants for startups and small businesses, to help them commercialise their ideas. The announcement by federal treasurer Jim Chalmbers in the 2023 budge...

Here are Treasury's latest forecasts for growth, employment, inflation and wages as laid out in the 2023/24 federal budget released by Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has promised cost-of-living relief for Australians of all ages in tonight’s budget.

ASX falls 0.17% ahead of Chalmers dropping The Budget on the nation Financials led the pack today, adding 0.5% on an otherwise fairly moribund day Voltaic Strategic Resources climbs 188% on pre-assay lithium results at Ti Tree   The ASX h...

The ASX closed lower on Tuesday, dragged down by the real estate sector Treasurer Jim Chalmers is set to deliver the Fed Budget tonight Biden and McCarthy to discuss the all-important US debt ceiling   The ASX finished 0.2% lower today ah...

Freshly listed nickel, lithium and gold explorer Dynamic Metals has completed its first drilling campaign at the Lake Percy project in WA. The project tenements are centred around the northern extension of the Lake Johnston greenstone belt,...

The ASX 200 opened lower today as investors brace for tonight’s Federal budget release. The budget is expected to bring $14.6 billion worth of cost-of-living relief measures, including an increase in jobseeker payments and aid for renter...

Australian shares are poised to dip ahead of this evening’s highly-anticipated Federal Budget release, combined with a mixed close on Wall Street overnight. The Dow Jones and Nasdaq composite edged up just 0.2 per cent. The S&P ended...

The ASX will open flattish on Tuesday Crude prices rise another 2pc overnight The market awaits the Federal Budget later tonight   The ASX is poised to open modestly higher on Tuesday after a flat session on Wall Street overnight. US trad...

As all sides of politics leverage criticisms against a budget surplus, Jim Chalmers is keeping his eyes on the road ahead.

Australia’s Federal Government is set to unveil its highly-anticipated annual Budget tomorrow evening, with a focus on addressing inflation and the nation’s cost-of-living crisis. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the budget would be about “re...

The Woodside Energy Group Ltd (ASX: WDS) share price has been one of the strongest ASX 200 performers over the past couple of years. Between October 2020 and October 2022, this ASX energy share more than doubled, rising from around $17 to...

Billions of dollars in savings and “reprioritisations” will be used to fund a suite of budget measures.

ShareCafeMonday Market Minutes: Hold the Phone Sell in May and go away? It’s an old adage for investors in the northern hemisphere at this time of year as they approach summer – normally a time of slow and low stockmarket trading. But the S...

ShareCafeDiary: On a Shoestring Budget For Australian markets, this week is all about the 2023-24 federal budget to be delivered Tuesday night. It will be dominated by cost-of-living relief measures, and policy shifts to try and start fundi...

Jim Chalmers has finalised his second budget. Here’s what we know about it so far.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has given one group hope that they may be in for a significant boost in Tuesday’s federal budget.  

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has explained the reason behind the proposed tax changes, which were announced on Saturday.

Changes to the petroleum resource rent tax will help to give Australians cost-of-living relief, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says.

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has confirmed changes to the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax, in a move which will add billions of dollars to government coffers.

WA is in line to get more than $30.6 billion in GST payments in next week’s Budget as Treasurer Jim Chalmers again guarantees that the limit on how far the State’s share can fall is set in stone.

The coalition has rained on any sense of achievement Jim Chalmers might feel if he delivers a budget surplus, saying the test will be if it can be maintained.

ShareCafeWallet Wars: Apple Picking Oz Pockets It’s no wonder the Commonwealth Bank wants the Federal Government to slap restrictions on the ability of Apple to continue to issue financial products via its iPhone wallet. The tremendous earl...

Data strategy veteran Lisa Byrne from Notitia expects to see increased investment in cyber security investment in the federal budget next Tuesday, saying the move is a ‘”no brainer” for the government. Byrne argues it’s critical for small b...

Jim Chalmers says savers are unhappy that banks aren't passing on interest rate hikes to them as quickly as they are to borrowers.

The Greens’ call for the government to override Tuesday’s shock RBA decision has fallen on deaf ears.

Favoured commodities in April: gold, lithium, rare earths 3 resources companies made gains of 100% or more Top ASX resources stocks for April: Western Mines, Larvotto, Besra   April was an okay month if you were invested in the ASX 200 (+...

We’re in the middle of a growing copper conundrum, fuelled by increasingly challenging supply streams and higher demand pressures as the shift to net-zero carbon emissions proves to be one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. As...

ShareCafeNobody Expected the RBA Requisition Was it April’s second monthly lift in house prices that ‘did it Guv,’ as Analysts and investors looked for someone to blame for the Reserve Bank’s surprise 0.25% rate rise on Tuesday – which happ...

Jim Chalmers has sought to defend the government’s reasoning for only increasing welfare payments for one group of Aussies.

Employers will be forced to pay superannuation on payday as the Albanese Government cracks down on billions of dollars in “lost” super in a move it claims would boost retirement incomes.

Charger is getting all of its ducks in a row for the upcoming maiden drilling at its Bynoe lithium project in the Northern Territory with award of the drill contract. The company has handed Geodrilling Pty Ltd the contract for 2,000m of rev...