For other people named Jim Chalmers, see Jim Chalmers (disambiguation).
The Honourable
Jim Chalmers
MP
Chalmers in 2020
Treasurer of Australia
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 May 2022
Prime Minister
Anthony Albanese
Preceded by
Josh Frydenberg
Minister for Home Affairs
Acting
In office 23 May 2022 – 1 June 2022
Prime Minister
Anthony Albanese
Preceded by
Karen Andrews
Succeeded by
Clare O'Neil
Member of the Australian Parliament for Rankin
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 September 2013
Preceded by
Craig Emerson
Shadow Treasurer
In office 5 June 2019 – 23 May 2022
Minister
Josh Frydenberg
Leader
Anthony Albanese
Preceded by
Chris Bowen
Succeeded by
Angus Taylor
Shadow Minister for Finance
In office 23 July 2016 – 5 June 2019
Minister
Mathias Cormann
Leader
Bill Shorten
Preceded by
Tony Burke
Succeeded by
Katy Gallagher
Shadow Minister for Sport
In office 13 October 2015 – 23 July 2016
Minister
Sussan Ley
Leader
Bill Shorten
Preceded by
Bernie Ripoll
Succeeded by
Stephen Conroy
Personal details
Born
(1978-03-02) 2 March 1978 (age 46) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Political party
Labor
Spouse
Laura Anderson
(m. 2013)
Children
3
Alma mater
Griffith University (BA, BComn)
Australian National University (PhD)
Website
www.jimchalmers.org
James Edward Chalmers (born 2 March 1978) is an Australian politician. He has been Treasurer of Australia in the Albanese government since May 2022. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served as a member of parliament for the division of Rankin since 2013.
Chalmers was born in Brisbane and attended the Australian National University, where he completed a doctorate in political science. At the 2013 Australian federal election, Chalmers won the seat of Rankin in Brisbane's south, entering the House of Representatives. He served in the shadow ministries of Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese, before assuming the role of Treasurer after Labor's victory in the 2022 federal election.
the 2022 federal election. Chalmers was born in Brisbane, the youngest of three children born to Graham and Carol Chalmers. His father worked as a courier...
The budget was presented to the House of Representatives by Treasurer JimChalmers on 9 May 2023. It was the second budget handed down by the Australian...
delivered on budget night at 7:30pm on Tuesday, 14 May 2024 by Treasurer JimChalmers. The budget will dictate how the Australian Government will allocate...
days after the election, Albanese, deputy Labor leader Richard Marles, JimChalmers, Penny Wong and Katy Gallagher were sworn in as an interim five-person...
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Richard Marles as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Employment, JimChalmers as Treasurer, Senator Penny Wong as Minister for Foreign Affairs, and...
Gayle King and Sally Bundock; and politicians like Lee Hsien Loong and JimChalmers. Videos of them have appeared in online advertisements on YouTube, Facebook...
the head of the Department of the Treasury. The current treasurer is JimChalmers, who was selected by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in May 2022 following...
Ministry in the Labor Party Caucus. She was elected by the caucus alongside JimChalmers unopposed. On 13 October 2015, Gallagher was appointed to the Shadow...
Treasurer JimChalmers whether the Australian Labor Party's promise to cut electricity bills by $275 had been included in the Federal Budget, Chalmers mistakenly...
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of Australia Incumbent Assumed office 18 September 2023 Nominated by JimChalmers Deputy Andrew Hauser Preceded by Philip Lowe Deputy Governor of the Reserve...
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26 June 2022, Treasurer JimChalmers warned Australians that inflation will rise significantly. On 25 October 2022, Chalmers handed down a revised budget...
Club in Canberra between Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Shadow Treasurer JimChalmers. 5 May: Pauline Hanson's One Nation party was criticised for running...
The budget was presented to the House of Representatives by Treasurer JimChalmers on 25 October 2022. It was the first budget to be handed down by the...
the following day. He was subsequently replaced as Shadow Treasurer by JimChalmers, but remained on the frontbench as Shadow Minister for Health. As Shadow...
party membership. Several other Labor MPs such as Tanya Plibersek and JimChalmers considered nominating for the leadership, though decided not to stand...
September 2022, with Treasurer JimChalmers stating that it "didn’t pass muster" or represent "value for money". Chalmers stated that there would not be...
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