The treasurer will seek to burnish his diplomatic credentials in a speech on Monday, revealing that he has held about 150 meetings with foreign counterparts since Labor took government.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has held about 150 meetings with foreign counterparts since Labor took office. Treasurer Jim Chalmers will deliver a speech to foreign policy experts on the scale and depth of his diplomatic and economic policy meetings since Labor won office in May 2022.
The scale of Mr Chalmers's foreign engagements came to light after he asked his office to review his efforts, which include a visit to Washington DC late last month.Photo shows FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Novi, Michigan "We had a long discussion after dinner, at the ambassador's residence, two Thursdays ago," Mr Chalmers will say.
A series of economic crises, the pandemic, wars and a wave of global inflation have created a world for treasurers in which economic and foreign policy are now "almost indistinguishable", he will say. While prospects of a leadership change inside Labor are remote, according to internal sources, Mr Chalmers appears to be following a playbook adopted by his boss Anthony Albanese during the Coalition government.
Mr Chalmers's speech comes after he last month conducted an interview with the Seven Network's Spotlight program, in which he revealed personal struggles, including a past of excessive drinking and a major health battle.Role of treasurer has been internationalised, Chalmers says
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