'Come clean': Jim Chalmers wants the national cost of coronavirus

Karen Barlow
Updated May 4 2021 - 6:49pm, first published 6:00pm
Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned the Morrison government is not offering a "real", "meaningful" or "lasting" economic recovery amid a global pandemic and he said any recovery so far was despite the government's efforts, not because of it.

Karen Barlow

Karen Barlow

Chief Political Correspondent

Karen Barlow is ACM's Chief Political Correspondent. Working in the federal press gallery, she investigates and writes about federal politics and government. She has an interest in integrity, leadership and social equity. She has covered two Olympics and been to Antarctica twice. Contact her on karen.barlow@canberratimes.com.au

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