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If Labor wins the election, he is set to become the next federal treasurer. So who is Jim Chalmers?

  • Written by: Carol Johnson, Emerita Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Adelaide
If Labor wins the election, he is set to become the next federal treasurer. So who is Jim Chalmers?AAP/Joel Carrett

This is the second in a two-part series on the major parties’ Treasury spokespeople. You can read Michelle Grattan’s profile of Josh Frydenberg here.

Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers decided it would be premature to stand for the Labor leadership after Bill Shorten’s 2019 election defeat. However, he is likely to be...

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