Jim Chalmers is a good performer, but can he hold the public's trust through hard times?
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Lukas Coch/AAPJim Chalmers delivers bad economic news well, which is a good thing because there’s a great deal of it about, with a lot more to come.
The treasurer – at this early stage shaping up as one of the government’s strongest performers – comes across as combining frankness with empathy.
That doesn’t, of...
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