Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill 2014
Dr CHALMERS (Rankin) (10:56): I also support the member for Adelaide's amendment. I appreciate the opportunity to speak about the bill...
Cuts to Pensions
Speech on the Appropriations Bill (No. 1) 2014 and associated bills, Consideration-In-Detail stage to the Minister for Social Services Dr...
Abbott Government rips away parent visas
Dr CHALMERS (Rankin) (13:39): Not even those on low and middle incomes who want to be reunited with mums and dads overseas have been...
Higher Education Cuts are Short-Sighted, Spiteful and Stupid
Dr CHALMERS (Rankin) (15:14): The cuts to higher education in this budget are breathtaking in their scope, in their spitefulness, in...
Speech on the Australian National Preventative Health Agency (Abolition) Bill 2014
Dr CHALMERS (Rankin) (18:10): It is my honour to follow the member for Dawson. The member for Dawson is often entertaining but almost...


Speech on the 2014-15 Budget - Appropriations (No. 1) Bill and associated bills
Dr CHALMERS (Rankin) (17:58): I rise today to speak on the appropriation bills required to implement the stinker of a budget that is the...
Speech on the Tax Laws Amendment (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014 and 14 other bills
Dr CHALMERS (Rankin) (09:46): It is my privilege to follow a very good speech by the member for Shortland about the Tax Laws Amendment...
Doorstop Interview - Parliament House
E&OE TRANSCRIPT DOORSTOP INTERVIEW MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014 CANBERRA SUBJECT/S: Federal Budget, The Speaker JIM CHALMERS, SHADOW...
Doorstop with Chris Bowen at Simply Beans Underwood
THE HON. CHRIS BOWEN MP SHADOW TREASURER MEMBER FOR MCMAHON JIM CHALMERS MP SHADOW PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY TO THE LEADER OF THE...


Budget hits our region hard
First published in the Logan Reporter on 23 May 2014 MANY of you will have heard by now about the cruel cuts introduced in Mr Abbott’s...