Treasurer Jim Chalmers has recognised the “productivity challenge” ahead for Australia despite a third interest rate cut.

Australian mortgage holders were promised financial relief when the Reserve Bank of Australia cut rates on Tuesday, but the ...

Jim Chalmers has welcomed the Reserve Bank’s third rate cut in six months, after the cash rate was cut by 25 basis points to ...

A former Treasury official has called Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ upcoming productivity roundtable a “stitch up” which seeks only ...

Improving productivity – producing more with less – has been the focus of many Australian governments since federation.

Australia's peak body for trade unions is calling for shorter working weeks ahead of next week's economic reform roundtable, ...

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Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has accused Anthony Albanese of becoming distracted by the decision to recognise Palestine at ...

Sky News host Andrew Bolt discusses the Reserve Bank’s cutting of interest rates and how Treasurer Jim Chalmers is “happy” ...

A week out from Jim Chalmers’ economic roundtable, the Reserve Bank has pulled back the curtain on the Australian economy.

One of the nation’s most powerful pension funds wants Treasurer Jim Chalmers to reheat the asset recycling scheme pioneered ...

What is the character of the prime minister’s relationship with his treasurer? Time will tell, but a reform rift has opened ...