Chalmers rules out any more income tax cuts
The treasurer has rejected giving working-age people further relief from bracket creep and ruled out broader tax reform in ...
‘Big opportunities’: Labor says crypto assets can boost the economy
Jim Chalmers has unveiled the government’s framework to promote innovation in the country’s cryptocurrency sector, saying ...
‘Complete transparency’: Mark Bouris calls on Treasurer to reveal true state of finances as off-budget spending surges
Businessman and entrepreneur Mark Bouris has called on Treasurer Jim Chalmers to come clean about the true state of Australia ...
Clive the lone budget speech fanboy
It’s a curious hobby, but then again the billionaire political pest’s other interests are dinosaurs and litigation.
Dark winter looms without a plan to get the budget in shape
Affordability used to matter once but not so much in the post-COVID era, and the nation seems to have lost its fear of debt ...
Three reasons Redbridge poll shows Labor back in front ahead of Federal election race
After months of retaining a lead over Labor on the two-party-preferred basis that will decide the outcome of the next ...
What we know so far about the federal budget
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand down his pre-election federal budget on Tuesday promising “meaningful and substantial” ...
Parties unite against US drugmakers, a referendum flops and Plibersek won’t help Labor much in Tasmania
A referendum dies before it is born, US drug makers find an enemy in both of Australia’s major parties and a popular Labor ...
Politically-charged supermarkets probe fizzes out
In the competition regulator’s own words, there’s no silver bullet to getting more competition into supermarkets. It’s an ...
New figures show 53,000 Aussies left the workforce in February
More Australians decided to leave the workforce in a sign cost of living pressures are easing, an economist said.
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Climate pests ‘shut down’ political press events to lecture struggling Australians on energy bills and climate policy
A group of serial pests have bragged about trying to “shut down” multiple press events to rant about climate change, and lecture Australians facing a cost-of-living crisis about the price of power.
Landmark ACCC supermarket probe calls for shrinkflation warning on all products
Supermarkets could be forced to clearly alert shoppers when the size of products such as chips, biscuits or laundry power are reduced in size but the price is either hiked or kept the same.