CANBERRA, ACT, March 27 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
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Subjects: energy transition and fuel supply, May Budget, inflation and economic growth, productivity reform, Hawke and Keating governments, budget deficit, AI, capital gains tax discount
Alan Kohler:
G'day Treasurer, and welcome to our first That's Business podcast.
Jim Chalmers:
I'm really looking forward to it Alan, thanks for the invitation.
Kohler:
Well Treasurer, we've had a bit of a wake up call on energy, haven't we? I mean, you've been talking about Australia becoming an energy superpower, but in fact, as soon as there's trouble, we're scrambling. You're releasing diesel reserves, you're having to let higher sulphur imports in just to...