# Australia news live: Jim Chalmers weighs in on One Nation WA byelection win; $2m for Indigenous racism online register

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- The Guardian, 2026-09-02 20:35 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/03/anthony-albanese-one-nation-jim-chalmers-labor-liberal-angus-taylor-tobacco-plan-ntwnfb

> Treasurer Jim Chalmers says voters were focused on inflation, living costs and real wages, while defending Treasury’s forecast that recent tax changes would reduce house-price growth by 2% over the next couple of years. Commonwealth Bank has forecast prices could fall by almost 10% across capital cities, while Chalmers attributes current weakness partly to interest rates.