Labor's Jim Chalmers says workers on $200,000 a year are not 'the top end of town'

Shadow treasurer says language he and the opposition used in last term ‘didn’t strike the right chord’ with voters

Labor’s senior leadership is doubling down on the claim $200,000 a year no longer represents the “top end of town”.

The shadow treasurer, Jim Chalmers, said Labor’s priority remained on helping to pass increased tax offsets for low and middle-class workers but echoed his leader’s comments that a $200,000 wage was “aspirational” and not necessarily wealthy.

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