CANBERRA, ACT, May 21 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
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Subjects: interest rate decision, cutting student debt, global economic uncertainty, Coalition split
JamesGlenday:
We're joined now by the Treasurer, JimChalmers.
Good morning, Treasurer. Welcome back to News Breakfast.
JimChalmers:
Thanks very much, James.
Glenday:
We'll get to the economy in a moment, but I just wanted to take you back to the time of your last Budget, when there was all sorts of speculation about a minority parliament. Could you have possibly imagined that just a couple of short months on, that the Coalition would have been beaten so badly that they split in 2 and that 2 of your major enemies, AdamBandt and PeterDutton, woul...