How bad is the Australian economy going to get?

About this episode

The episode discusses the potential worsening of the Australian economy amid geopolitical tensions and the impact on the cost of living for Australians.

This week the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, warned that Australians could face tougher times ahead as the economy is held ‘hostage’ by the US-Israel war on Iran. Political editor Tom McIlroy and business editor Jonathan Barrett join Nour Haydar to discuss how hard Australians are being hit by the cost of living and if help is on the way

People in this episode

Host: Nour Haydar

Guests: Tom McIlroy, Jonathan Barrett

Topics covered

• Australian economy
• cost of living
• US-Israel war
• politics
• business

Keywords

• Australian economy
• cost of living
• Jim Chalmers
• US-Israel war
• Iran
• politics
• business

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Australia, US-Israel, Iran

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