Is Trump taking the shine off One Nation?
4/20/202632 min
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says reining in NDIS spending will “easily be the most important” source of budget savings as the Albanese Government looks to make the scheme "sustainable".
And while the Treasurer confirmed a "whole range" of tax reforms remain on the table, is consensus growing across political aisles and the community for changes like a gas profits tax?
Meanwhile, One Nations' primary vote has slumped across two key polls today, so is Donald Trump's erratic behaviour causing some blow-back against the minor party?
Patricia Karvelas and Jacob Greber break it all down on Politics Now.
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Send a short voice recording to PK and Fran for Question Time at thepartyroom@abc.net.auRead PK's analysis here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-20/australias-lucky-country-mantle-has-slipped/106581228 Read Jacob's analysis here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-18/inflation-war-making-may-budget-harder/106577912
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First 90 secondsPatricia Karvelas· Host0:00
[upbeat music] ABC Listen, podcasts, radio, news, music, and more [upbeat music] Do you ever look at your kids and think, "They've got it easy.
Speaker 10:11
Life was so much harder back in my day"? Well, have I got the podcast for you. It's called Wait, They Did What? We take a trip back in time to when kids could buy fireworks, cars didn't have seat belts, and we all had to sing God Save the Queen. They did what? They did what? They did what? I can't believe it. Check it out with your kids. Wait, They Did What? is on ABC Listen and ABC iview Tax reform, a productivity push, and cuts, or savings, as they are often framed, that's what Treasurer Jim Chalmers is promising in his impending fifth budget.
Patricia Karvelas· Host0:49
The treasurer says reining in NDIS spending will easily be the most important source of budget savings, and has left the door open to changes to the capital gains tax discount. But Jim Chalmers has again warned this isn't the same budget they were planning in February, suggesting the Australian economy is hostage to the developments in the US-Iran war. Welcome to Politics Now. [tense music] Hi, I'm Patricia Karvelas.
Jacob Greber· Host1:22
And I'm Jacob Grieber.
Patricia Karvelas· Host1:24
Jacob, three weeks out from the budget, and the government's positioning around what