TED O’BRIEN MP DEPUTY LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION SHADOW TREASURER MEMBER FOR FAIRFAX MEDIA STATEMENT Wednesday, 3 September 2025 Today’s national accounts confirm what Australians already know, under Anthony Albanese households are poorer and the economy is weaker. The June quarter figures show Australia’s economy grew at its slowest pace in a financial year since … Continued

Andrew Clennell  Ted O’Brien, thanks for your time, and here’s your chance, I guess, to take us behind those closed doors of the Roundtable. Few reports out of fights between you and Jim Chalmers, can you tell us what happened, particularly when it came to tax reform discussions at the roundtable? Ted O’Brien  Great to … Continued

I was pleased to see Treasurer Jim Chalmers finally admit soon after the election that his budget is not sustainable. Because it isn’t. Like any process of economic reform, fixing the budget begins with defining the problem you are trying to solve. You’ll never come up with the right solution if you aren’t trying to … Continued

Published in the Australian – 16/08/25 Australia is going in the wrong direction, and we owe it to future generations to course correct.As we become poorer, weaker and more dependent as a nation, living standards are in freefall. When I speak to young Australians, the message I hear over and over is despair. They fear … Continued

The Candy Man If there’s a book, or a movie, nearly everyone here would have engaged with at some stage in their life, it would have to be Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The story has it all. The mystique of the secretive chocolate factory. The grand magician Willy Wonka and his army of obedient … Continued