CANBERRA, ACT, June 19 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
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Subjects: economic roundtable, oil prices, superannuation tax reforms
Isabella Higgins:
Treasurer JimChalmers has outlined his ambition to implement bold tax reforms. In a major speech, he declared he didn't want to engage in a rule‑in‑rule‑out game. He says everything is on the table ahead of a key economic roundtable in August. He joined me a short time ago.
Treasurer, this conflict has already had some global financial impacts. In your view, what level of economic threat does this conflict pose?
Jim Chalmers:
The big risk here is obviously oil prices. We saw a big spike on Friday in the price of oil. That has implications f...