CANBERRA, ACT, July 23 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
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Subjects: Labor National Conference, One Nation, jobs figures, economy, tax
Sarah Ferguson:
Now, from the conference floor in Adelaide, Treasurer, welcome.
Jim Chalmers:
Thanks very much, Sarah.
Ferguson:
Now, both the Prime Minister and you attacked One Nation today as a single entity with the Coalition. Isn't One Nation equally a threat to Labor's base?
Chalmers:
Well, the point that we were making is whether it's the Liberal Party, One Nation or the National Party, they've all got a divisive anti‑worker agenda which would make the pressures that people are under right now worse rather than better. I didn't dwell on that in my speech...