CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 20 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
Jim Chalmers:
Welcome everyone to day 2 of the Economic Reform Roundtable. I wanted to begin really with my thanks for the way that people engaged yesterday in a really constructive way. Not always reflected in the coverage of yesterday, but don't be deterred by that.
Yesterday I think we saw some really welcome signs of developing consensus around a number of really important areas. Whether it be capital flows in our economy, whether it be human capital, the way we think about our role in the world and our opportunities in a global economy which is more volatile and unpredictable. I thought yesterday was absolutely terrific, frankly, the way that peopl...