CANBERRA, ACT, July 31 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
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Subjects: inflation figures, cost of living, US tariffs, diplomatic relationship with the US, AUKUS
Sarah Abo:
Good morning to you, Treasurer.
Jim Chalmers:
Good morning, Sarah.
Abo:
Well, weren't you chipper yesterday? Are you going to take all the credit for this after blaming everything else for the high inflation to begin with?
Chalmers:
Well, first of all, I'm always chipper. And, secondly, I went out of my way yesterday to say that this is progress that Australians have made together and it's good progress. It's a very welcome development that we saw inflation come down really right across the board in those numbers which were released...