Treasurer Jim Chalmers has alluded to tax incentives targeted at certain industries in the May budget and an imminent overhaul of foreign investment laws, flagging the iron ore price could negatively influence a possible surplus.
The treasurer said Australians shouldn't expect to see a lowering of the company tax rate in the upcoming budget. Mr Chalmers told Insiders that iron ore prices, which has recently been bouncing around in the low $90s a tonne, previously at $130 a tonne, would have a significant impact on budget spending.
"We need to identify where Australia has a comparative advantage, such as in green hydrogen, producing green steel and green aluminium, producing batteries as well. And we need, as well, to look at our national sovereignty and where we need to ensure that we can stand on our own two feet," he told the ABC earlier in the week.
"We're seeing it go up in the US and that reminds us that even though inflation has come off substantially from the peaks from a couple of years ago, it's not always in a straight line.
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