CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 3 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
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Subjects: Communications Minister's international engagement with the UN, National Accounts, budget management, Coalition's policy for higher energy prices, AI investment
Sarah Ferguson:
Treasurer, welcome to 7:30.
Jim Chalmers:
Thanks very much, Sarah.
Ferguson:
As we just saw, Anika Wells spent $100,000 flying herself and 2 others to New York to host an event on Australia's social media ban. You've defended the cost on the grounds that that was a very important event. In the current climate, however, does that cost pass the pub test?
Chalmers:
That's for others to judge. But from my point of view, it's official travel. It's well within the ...