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Tim Wilson grills Jim Chalmers over Labor’s ‘economic incompetence’ and ‘broken promises’

Sky News Australia

June 24, 2026

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Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson has grilled Treasurer Jim Chalmers over Labor’s economic incompetence. “Core inflation has risen from 3 per cent to 3.6 per cent over the last year,” Mr Wilson said during Question Time on Wednesday. “Following the treasurer’s failed budget of broken promises and higher taxes, was the treasurer’s promise of ‘inflation has turned the corner’ a further broken promise, or is it just due to economic incompetence?”

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