‘This really is Albo’s cabinet’: How the PM’s razor gang hindered the treasurer’s saving plans
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Jim Chalmers frequently advocated for the lowest-cost options during meetings of the cabinet's expenditure review subcommittee. However, the subcommittee did not always support these saving plans. This suggests the Prime Minister's influence hindered the treasurer's efforts to reduce costs.
Jim Chalmers had often advocated for the lowest-cost option when proposals came to the cabinet’s expenditure review subcommittee, but it hasn’t always backed them.