Treasurer Jim Chalmers has apologised for clumsy comments suggesting the Jewish community's fear of antisemitic attacks are sometimes “unfounded”.

Sky News host Paul Murray slams Treasurer Jim Chalmers for claiming Australians would be thousands of dollars worse off if Peter Dutton was prime minister.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says headline inflation is now at an “almost four-year low” and sits in the middle of the Reserve Bank’s target band.

The chances of the government passing its tax hike on $3 million-plus super accounts before the election remains slim at best.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the "soft landing" which the Albanese government has been preparing for is now looking “more and more likely”.

Shadow Finance Minister Jane Hume has slammed Treasurer Jim Chalmers for his “brand new” tax on superannuation.

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Nat Barr grills Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Sunrise. Albanese came in at 43 per cent preferred prime minister, the same as Dutton. On a two-party preferred basis, the Coalition leads Labor 51 per cent to 49 per cent.

CANBERRA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- A soft landing for the Australian economy is increasingly likely after inflation fell to a three-year low, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Wednesday.

While Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones wasn’t a major government figure, his role in shaping the big tech levy adds an interesting wrinkle to his departure.

At every opportunity, Albo and his Treasurer, have reminded voters that ‘inflation is down, wages are up and unemployment is steady’. It is a rare trilogy that challenges the economic orthodoxy.

Antisemitism is not new in Australia, but the current wave has left the Jewish community more fearful than before.

A Victorian bushfire is threatening holidaymakers at a national park; Donald Trump vows “near future” tariffs, calls DeepSeek progress “good”. How the day unfolded.