'We know it's controversial': Chalmers defends tax cuts as 'people before politi

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has defended his government's changes to stage three tax cuts as the “right call” but has admitted to the political controversy caused by breaking an election promise. “I don’t see this in political terms, I see it in terms of the economy, and I see it in terms of the cost of living pressures that people are under,” Mr Chalmers told Sky News Australia. “We have put people before politics. “We know it is controversial, we know it is a big call, we know it is not an easy call but it is definitely the right call. “When the economic circumstances demand a change in economic policy – that’s what we have done here.”