Chalmers' challenge is to twist Albo's arm on reform
Jim Chalmers' lofty ambitions for the economy face a significant obstacle in the form of his much more politically cautious boss.
Jim Chalmers is determined to be a reformist Treasurer, but he is operating in a party that is trying to entrench itself in government before doing anything big on the economy.
That is one of the biggest takeaways from the first part of an extensive interview Chalmers gave to my colleague Jennifer Duke for Capital Brief which was published this week.
To put it more bluntly: Chalmers' lofty ambitions for the economy face a significant obstacle in the form of his more politically cautious boss.
To say there is tension between Chalmers and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese behind the scenes is to state the obvious. It's a dynamic that is not unusual for Australian politics.
