CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 17 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
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Subjects: Economic Reform Roundtable, productivity, tax, health
Jim Chalmers:
This is going to be a really important week for our economy. The Economic Reform Roundtable is all about 3days to help inform the next 3 budgets.
We've made a lot of progress together in our economy. We've got a lot more work to do. And this roundtable is all about building consensus and building momentum around the next steps that we need to take.
We've got a lot to be proud of in Australia when it comes to the progress Australians have made. Getting inflation down, keeping unemployment low, getting real wages growing, getting the debt down, seeing interest rates fall...