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Conflict, AI and inflation drive Treasury shift towards resilience

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
November 09, 2026 • 04:36 AM
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Treasury secretary Jenny Wilkinson says treasury advice now focuses more on economic resilience and sovereign capability to adapt to a changing world

Conflict, AI and inflation drive Treasury shift towards resilience

Treasury has shifted its advice to give greater emphasis to economic resilience as the government faces difficult choices to protect the country from an onslaught of economic risks from conflict, advancing artificial intelligence and globally rising inflation, the treasury secretary has revealed.

While economic shocks were not new, the “unusually wide range of challenges” this year had shaken treasury’s world view and forced it to respond in new ways to mitigate the impact of great power competition, Jenny Wilkinson told the United States Studies Centre economic security forum in Sydney on Monday.

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