CANBERRA, ACT, July 23 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
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Subjects: Labor National Conference, paid prac, ALP draft platform
Sally Sara:
Jim Chalmers is the federal Treasurer and joins me now. Treasurer, welcome back to Breakfast.
Jim Chalmers:
Thanks for having me back on, Sally.
Sara:
How much do you get involved in these delicate discussions ahead of the conference?
Chalmers:
I get involved in the policies in my own area. I think every Cabinet minister's involved in some of those sorts of discussions. But I think what the National Conference reflects is that Labor's a grassroots party, it's a key reason why we were formed, it's why we've endured, and you can see that reflected on the conference ...