在《堪培拉行动指南播客》访谈中，吉姆·查尔默斯指责自由党企图让澳大利亚民众受苦，以此作为其重返执政地位的途径。
In a Canberra Playbook Podcast interview Jim Chalmers accused Liberals of wanting Australians to suffer, as their path back to power.
堪培拉——财政部长吉姆·查尔默斯指责自由党和一个国家党为通胀喝彩，并出于政治利益希望加息。
CANBERRA — Treasurer Jim Chalmers has accused the Liberals and One Nation of cheering inflation and wanting interest rate rises for political gain.
在接受《政客》杂志《堪培拉行动指南播客》采访时，查尔默斯承认“目前民众面临的压力非常巨大，显然这让我夜不能寐。”他进而指责他的对手蒂姆·威尔逊和巴纳比·乔伊斯试图将澳大利亚“说”进衰退。“他们拼命希望信心低迷。他们拼命希望通胀高企。”
Speaking to POLITICO’s Canberra Playbook Podcast, Chalmers admitted “the pressures on people right now are very substantial and obviously that keeps me awake at night.”He went on to accuse his opposite numbers Tim Wilson and Barnaby Joyce of trying to talk Australia into a recession. “They desperately want confidence to be low. They desperately want inflation to be high.”