‘Chalmernomics’ budget sliced up but didn’t grow the pie, Stephen Anthony in The Australian Financial Review, 18 May 2026

In an opinion piece in The Australian Financial Review, Macroeconomics Advisory’s Stephen Anthony highlights the economic and social damage being done by Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ fifth budget abandoning repeated promises across two elections not to touch negative gearing or capital gains tax concessions, and finds there is nothing there that attempts to address the decline in living standards and productivity head-on.

‘Chalmernomics’ budget sliced up but didn’t grow the pie, Stephen Anthony in The Australian Financial Review, 18 May 2026