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Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Chalmers says Australians understand there are ‘inflationary challenges’ in our economy The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, said the inflationary challenge in the economy is being made “much worse” by the war in the Middle East.
财政部长吉姆·查默斯称，中东战争使经济中的通胀问题‘变得更加严重’。我们知道今天还有许多工作要做。
But we know that there’s always more work today. I think people understand, people who might be bracing for an interest rate rise later today. … I think people understand that there are inflationary challenges in our economy.
我认为人们明白，他们可能正在为今天晚些时候的利率上调做准备……我认为人们明白我们的经济存在通胀挑战。
But when you see what’s happening with global oil prices … obviously, factually, that is one the big drivers of inflation that people are having other deal with right now.
但当你看到全球油价的情况时……显然，这是当前人们正在应对的主要通胀驱动因素之一。这就是为什么我们要承担起对抗通胀的责任。这也意味着要应对这些长期的经济挑战。
That’s why we accept our part, our responsibility for our part in this fight against inflation. … And it also means dealing with these longer term economic challenges.
警察们在不知道会遇到什么的情况下开始轮班，我们要求这些年轻男女冒着危险来保护我们其他人的安全。
[Police] start a shift not knowing what you are going to face, and we ask these young men and women to put themselves in harm’s way to keep the rest of us safe.
我的心与警官莱的家人、中士[马克]·布兰斯格罗夫以及所有在执行任务中失去亲人的同事们同在。他们的牺牲永远不会被忘记。
My thoughts are with the families of Constable Lay, Sergeant [Mark] Bransgrove and everyone else who has lost a loved one in the line of duty. Their sacrifice will never be forgotten.