10 Year Anniversary Of The Stimulus Package With Wayne Swan Tanya Plibersek And Jim Chalmers
Welcome to Follow The Money’s summer special series! If you’re taking a break this summer, but still crave a political fix, settle in a listen to the ‘best of’ from the Australia Institute’s live politics in the pub events this year.
Ten years after the global financial crisis, Wayne Swan, Tanya Plibersek and Jim Chalmers revisit the Labor government’s stimulus package which kept Australia out of recession.
Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director at The Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett
Contributors:
Wayne Swan MP, ALP President, Member for Lilley // @SwannyQLD
Tanya Plibersek MP, Deputy Labor Leader, Member for Sydney // @tanya_plibersek
Jim Chalmers MP, Shadow Finance Minister, Member for Rankin // @JEChalmers
Ben Oquist, Executive Director of The Australia Institute // @benoquist
This audio was recorded live by Clayton McDonald.
Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey // Additional editing by Lizzie Jack, Andrea Cantle.
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