In a recent appearance on ABC’s Insiders program, Treasurer Jim Chalmers made the claim that the Albanese government had made an enormous amount of savings on the federal budget, touting the government’s skills at economic and fiscal management.
“The last budget of our predecessors had no savings, we’ve found almost $180 billion in savings, more than a third was in the budget that we just handed down not that long ago in May”
“We’ve had a savings package in every budget update so far. That’s how we’ve racked up almost $180 billion in savings.” Chalmers said.This sort of claim is not a rare instance in the long history of Australian federal politics, with both of the major parties regularly claiming that they are the superior economic manager.
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