CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 4 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
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Subjects: inflation, interest rates, tax, splintering of the right‑wing parties
Rafael Epstein:
Jim Chalmers joins you, he is the federal Treasurer. Good morning.
Jim Chalmers:
Good morning, Raf. How are you?
Epstein:
I'm okay. Thank you for joining us. When someone does go to the supermarket any time this year the same stuff is going to end up costing them more and more. Isn't that your fault?
Chalmers:
Look, I think as I said over the course of the last couple of days, Raf, and probably for the last few years, I take responsibility for all parts of my job, including my part in the fight against inflation. We know that prices are highe...