Get ready for a budget slowdown. But Chalmers insists we won’t see a recession
- Written by John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has called his budget “ambitious in the face of adversity”.
Speaking to reporters in the lockup on Tuesday, he acknowledged his latest budget is “not exactly the same budget we would have handed down in February for obvious reasons”.
The main adversity is a Middle East war that has disrupted around a...







