CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 13 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
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Subjects: interest rate cut, productivity, Economic Reform Roundtable, EV road‑user charge, Snoop Dogg to perform at the AFL Grand Final
Karl Stefanovic:
Treasurer, do you- thanks for joining us by the way. Do you take any responsibility at all for the majority of Australians being poorer and having lower living standards now?
Jim Chalmers:
Well, a couple of things about that, Karl. I take responsibility for the decisions that we make as a government to help turn that around and what we've seen in the recent data is that living standards are growing again. The main reason for that is because real wages are growing again in our economy. Whe...