CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 19 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
Jim Chalmers:
I want to add my thanks to the Prime Minister's. You're all contributing your experience and your expertise in the service of the national economic interest, and we are very grateful to you for that. I also want to thank the PM - for his introduction and for his support for this effort since he first announced this Roundtable10weeks ago today. If there's a defining characteristic of the government he leads it's that it is considered and consultative. We share his belief that the best progress we can make, is the progress we make together.
From the outset, he's been clear that this is about writing the next chapter on economic reform, and I...