Pitch perfect
From the Opera House steps, Jim Chalmers sold Australia as an investor’s dream. Behind the postcard pitch, however, economists are sending warnings about policy gaps and supply strains.
On Friday, Jim Chalmers made his sales pitch to the world from the archetypal postcard image of Australia.
Standing on the northern edge of the Sydney Opera House promenade, with the Harbour Bridge behind him, the treasurer weaved a tale on Australia’s “good economic fundamentals”.
Ahead of the $3,500 per head Sohn Hearts & Minds investor conference held inside the Opera House, this was a chance to hear a condensed call to arms for foreign investors.
“We've got a massive opportunity when it comes to clean energy and technology, set against the backdrop of geography, demography and difficult geopolitics playing out around the world,” Chalmers told reporters.
