CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 13 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
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Subjects: reforms to support low-income workers and build a stronger super system
Sarah Ferguson:
Treasurer, welcome to 7.30.
Jim Chalmers:
Thanks very much, Sarah.
Ferguson:
Now, for months, you argued that the changes you proposed to the super tax system were a fair and reasonable way of addressing wealth inequality. What convinced you to drop those arguments?
Chalmers:
We've been listening to feedback for more than 2years now, and we found another way to deliver the same objectives. And our objective here is a fairer superannuation system from top to bottom, and that's what these changes represent.
Ferguson:
But at the same time, you've...