Treasurer Jim Chalmers' powerful and glamorous wife Laura was closed last year because he was' Tone Dove 'after wearing an outfit of $ 1,900 to his budget, who was all about the costs of a living crisis.
People still feel very bad in 2025, but the former magazine editor of the political adviser seems to have learned her lesson by putting on a fifth of the prize in a dress.
Mrs. Chalmers wore a modest but stylish black dress while supporting her husband while he handed the budget of 2025-26 on Tuesday evening in Canberra next to one of their three children.
Her dress, which is assumed to have been designed by fashion designer Mossman in Melbourne and only costs $ 329.95, is described as the 'Epitome of Timeless Elegance'.
“With a flattering A-Line design, this dress contains a draped body, shoulder pants and a defined waist to accentuate the silhouette,” said the online list.
Carriers are encouraged to complete the look with 'minimalist heels for an effortless elegant style', Mrs Chalmers took over in the House of Representatives on Tuesday evening.
It marked an important budget saving of her own budget, after she had reached the headlines for wearing a $ 899 Yellow Carla Zampatti dress and a matching $ 999 jacket in 2024.
The outfit, which cost the equivalent of the wages of a week for many Australians, led to indignation, with one online commentator who deaf the 'Top Tone Tone'.
Laura Chalmers (photo embracing her husband) was wearing a modest but stylish black dress while supporting her husband while he handed the budget of 2025-26 on Tuesday evening in Canberra next to one of their three children
Her dress, designed by fashion designer Mossman in Melbourne and only costs $ 329.95, is described as the 'Epitome of Timeless Elegance'
The political editor of Daily Mail Australia Peter van Onselen said that he “did not misuse politicians and wear their partners expensive outfits on the budget evening.”
'I don't really care to be completely honest. However, I was shocked by the lack of political nous that is attached to this, “he wrote.
“Shouldn't Savvy politicians pretend that they are somewhat in contact with the challenges that ordinary Australians are confronted, even if it was only one night?”
Two months later, on the Midwinter Ball in Canberra, she wore a powder blue Rebecca Vallance dress worth a stunning $ 1500.
Voltime employees in Australia earn an average wage of $ 1,889 per week, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
An average salary is $ 98,218, while the median annual salary is $ 67,600.
Dr. Chalmers claimed that his focus in this year's budget brought 'more hip pocket aid for households' that now made it difficult.
“The costs of living are for most Australians for the mind and the center in this budget,” said the treasure.
Carriers are encouraged to complete the look with 'minimalist heels for an effortless elegant style', Mrs Chalmers took on Tuesday evening in House of Representatives
It meant an important budget saving, after she had reached the headlines for wearing a $ 899 Yellow Carla Zampatti dress and a matching jacket of $ 999 in 2024. The outfit, which wages the equivalent of a week for many Australians, weaked the 'Tier tier' with one committee-to-test
Dr. Chalmers claimed that his focus in this year's budget brought 'more hip pocket aid for households' that was making it difficult now
'We know that the welcome improvements in the total figures do not always immediately translate into how people feel and do.
“We have made a lot of progress together, but we know that many people are still making a hard time.”
The center of his budget was a promise of two tax cuts for each Australian taxpayer in 2026 and 2027.
Combined with Labor's phase three tax cuts last year, the average tax reduction is expected to be around $ 43 per week or more than $ 2,200 in 2026-27, and about $ 50 per week or more than $ 2,500 in 2027-28.
“This will decrease the first tax rate to the lowest level in more than half a century,” said Dr. Chalmers Tuesday evening.
“These extra tax cuts are modest, but will make a difference.”
The salary of Dr. Chalmers rose to $ 438,081 in June last year.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese receives no less than $ 607,471, while opposition leader Peter Dutton takes $ 432,239 home.
Mrs. Chalmers, formerly known as Laura Anderson, worked as a press secretary for former Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Foreign Minister Penny Wong before returning to her first love, journalism.
Her successful career led her to became the national editor in November 2021 for News Corp's Saturday Weekend magazines, just after returning maternity leave.
It is a position that she still holds, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Mrs Chalmers cut her teeth in politics as a political reporter of the State for the advertiser newspaper of her hometown Adelaide from January 2003 to May 2006.
She then spent almost three years in Canberra as the advertiser's federal political reporter before she worked for Mrs. Wong and later Mrs. Gillard.
Her political career ended abruptly in July 2013 when Kevin Rudd dropped Mrs Gillard in an internal Labor Stoush and replaced her as prime minister.
She and Dr. Chalmers were married in March 2013 only two days after an earlier Labor leadership Morsen – by Simon Crean – who survived Mrs. Gillard.
The PM at the time went to the wedding, where she and then treasurer Wayne Swan were given a specially set room to form a new ministry.
The seating plan at the reception had to be changed at the last minute to keep warring laborers apart – Julia Gillard next to the mother Carol of Dr. To install chalmers.
He later played the disruption and said, “From our point of view it wasn't that unusual to be honest.”
Since that exciting start of the married life, the couple three school age has children together, Jack, Annabel and Leo.
