Jim Chalmers says it's inappropriate for the PM to be 'banging on' about Labor in a recession

Shadow treasurer says Labor has not reached a view on the government's third round of income tax cuts

The shadow treasurer, Jim Chalmers, has declared it is unnerving" that Scott Morrison is barnstorming Queensland upbraiding Labor for policy positions the party took to the election in 2019 in the middle of Australia's first recession in 30 years.

With the prime minister limbering up for a fresh partisan fight over income tax cuts, blasting Labor in Queensland electorates that swung to the Coalition in the 2019 campaign, Chalmers said Morrison was the most political prime minister that I have seen and the circumstances demand something better".