Labor’s housing ‘help’ risks backfiring on homeowners

Nationalising the first buyer LMI market could cut competition and put upward pressure on premiums for investors and first buyers not eligible for the...

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John Kehoe

Chalmers puts younger workers at heart of tax review

The treasurer hints that the government take is going to rise, but he doesn’t want working-age people to shoulder the burden.

21.08.2025 1

John Kehoe

Beware of Labor ‘kleptocrats’ blowing other people’s money

Politicians no longer want to do the hard policy work of growing the economic pie through productivity-boosting reforms to generate prosperity.

13.08.2025 10

John Kehoe

RBA bombshell exposes grim reality for Chalmers

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

12.08.2025 4

John Kehoe

Banks and miners are the hurdle to corporate tax cut

The Productivity Commission and Treasury want to avoid granting cuts to the two industries, but there are other options worth exploring.

06.08.2025 4

John Kehoe

Why the big end of town will pay for a corporate tax cut

There are two reasons the PC wants to redistribute the tax burden away from small to medium companies and towards the nation’s largest companies.

31.07.2025 4

John Kehoe

The jobless rate is up. Over to you Governor Bullock

The unexpected jump in the unemployment rate to 4.3 per cent will put scrutiny on the RBA’s surprise decision not to cut interest rates this month.

17.07.2025 8

John Kehoe

The government needs to get out of the way of the private sector

Unless there is a fundamental mindset shift by Labor, the private sector will remain stuck in the doldrums, and we will retain an inflated,...

16.07.2025 2

John Kehoe

Six reasons the RBA’s interest rate hold will go down in history

Governor Michele Bullock took the rare step of thumbing her nose at almost every market economist and trader by holding rates steady.

08.07.2025 7

John Kehoe

ACT Labor is bankrupting Canberra

The government in the nation’s capital is spending uncontrollably, inventing dishonest taxes and overseeing a flawed education system that is...

02.07.2025 4

John Kehoe

Howard and Costello: This is how you do tax reform, Jim

John Howard and Peter Costello have weighed in on Jim Chalmers’ productivity and tax agenda, 25 years after implementing the GST.

22.06.2025 20

John Kehoe

Chalmers’ big test: tax reform or more tax grabs?

The treasurer will embark on a long-overdue tax reform, but it remains to be seen whether Labor can implement the changes needed to improve living...

18.06.2025 10

John Kehoe

Super tax breaks are greatly exaggerated

Treasury claims more than $50 billion in revenue is being forfeited for super tax breaks every year. This is misleading.

18.06.2025 10

John Kehoe

Six tax changes Labor can (and should) implement

Anthony Albanese’s plan to host a productivity roundtable is an opportunity to put overdue tax reform on the government’s agenda.

11.06.2025 10

John Kehoe

Economy will be stuck in the slow lane unless these two things change

There are two worrying trends in the national accounts released on Wednesday.

04.06.2025 10

John Kehoe

Albanese shouldn’t bother pursuing US tariff exemptions

The prime minister should be wary of cutting short-sighted deals with Donald Trump and instead focus on domestic policies he can control to improve...

04.06.2025 10

John Kehoe

Chalmers’ spending transition in doubt

The treasurer’s hope for the economy to shift from government spending to business-led growth may be on shaky ground.

03.06.2025 4

John Kehoe

Why Chalmers must lift living standards to become PM

If Jim Chalmers serves as treasurer for nine years, the performance of the Australian economy will be his to own.

21.05.2025 20

John Kehoe

Trump’s trade uncertainty means more RBA cuts to come

The US president’s name is not mentioned once, but his presence permeates throughout the Reserve Bank’s analysis.

20.05.2025 10

John Kehoe

Liberal Party rebuild must champion lower income tax

The organising principle that can unite conservatives and moderates in the Coalition must be economic management.

14.05.2025 10

John Kehoe

Liberals were too left-wing on the economy

Peter Dutton’s team defied basic liberal economic principles and was punished. The natural policy for it should be to offer lighter income taxes...

07.05.2025 10

John Kehoe

Labor’s missing $8b for housing makes a mockery of budget

More than 80 per cent of the $10 billion that the government committed to build 100,000 homes for first buyers was nowhere to be seen in its election...

30.04.2025 20

John Kehoe

Dutton’s ‘aspiration’ to end tax bracket creep is too little, too late

If the Coalition leader had committed to indexing the tax scales a month ago, he could have given himself a better shot at winning the election.

17.04.2025 7

John Kehoe

Election cons will fuel higher house prices and debt

The extraordinarily dumb demand-side housing policies by Labor and the Coalition will fuel even higher prices and cause first home buyers to take...

13.04.2025 20

John Kehoe

Trump’s chaos kills American exceptionalism

Investor belief in US superiority drove Wall Street to sky-high valuations, but the president’s trade war is now eroding this conviction.

09.04.2025 10

John Kehoe

Bullock was right about Australia’s shock absorber against US tariffs

Last week, the RBA governor said the exchange rate would be an important “buffer” in Trump’s trade war. It is what economists call it an...

08.04.2025 10

John Kehoe

Recession talk is premature

The major parties are jostling to be perceived as the best placed to manage the international economic turmoil. Australia needs cool heads to prevail.

08.04.2025 10

John Kehoe

Chalmers’ broken budget rule is a slippery slope in a world of debt

Australia has relatively moderate federal debt levels compared with most countries. But the picture is not so benign if ballooning state government...

02.04.2025 8

John Kehoe

RBA has interest rate trigger for Trump trade war

The Reserve Bank of Australia isn’t quite sure what impact Donald Trump’s imminent next round of tariffs will have on inflation, but it is ready...

01.04.2025 20

John Kehoe

Dutton’s fuel tax cut is bad economics

The pledge to temporarily cut the price of petrol exposes the Liberals for embracing a Labor-lite version of debt-funded spending, while shying away...

27.03.2025 10

John Kehoe

Is Katy Gallagher tough enough on spending to be finance minister?

The Canberran is responsible for the expenditure side of the budget. But that is at a 40-year high and there is no plan to rein it in.

26.03.2025 10

John Kehoe

A $1 trillion debt looms. There will be a price to pay for it

Treasurer Jim Chalmers may have delivered a politically clever budget, but he is amassing more on the national credit card without a plan to pay for...

26.03.2025 10

John Kehoe

Trump’s big trade shock is coming for Australia

A private speech by the US commerce secretary to Australian executives in Washington was a jaw-dropper and a wake-up call about the next steps in the...

19.03.2025 20

John Kehoe

How Albanese can fight Trump’s tariffs

Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminium are more of a political headache for Anthony Albanese than an economic problem for Australia.

12.03.2025 20

John Kehoe

Has the green bank outlived its purpose? It’s a $32.5 billion question

If the taxpayer-funded Clean Energy Finance Corporation is to continue, its role should be to provide a subsidy in areas when there is a lack of...

12.03.2025 10

John Kehoe

The tension at the heart of Coalition economic policy

Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor’s U-turn on cracking down on insurers revealed the collision within the opposition between economic rationalism and...

09.03.2025 20

John Kehoe

Housing woes are hurting our living standards

Australia’s big housing problem is contributing to our stagnating living standards and sluggish real incomes.

05.03.2025 10

John Kehoe

There is no respect for taxpayers in the election

The $20 billion-plus spendathon is increasingly being whacked on the national credit card for working-age people and future generations to foot the...

26.02.2025 10

John Kehoe

Forget rate cuts. Fixing tax could make us much richer

Politicians continue to obsess over the ups and downs of interest rates and neglect the real stuff that could make us materially better off.

21.02.2025 10

John Kehoe

This banker email shows Dutton is right on ESG going too far

A construction company received a 37-point compliance list before funding would be considered, in addition to the standard credit application.

19.02.2025 10

John Kehoe

RBA will be less willing on rate cuts next time

Michele Bullock admits the RBA board had a lively debate on the case for cutting rates or holding firm against sustained political and community...

19.02.2025 10

John Kehoe

Australia needs politicians who bleed for better living standards

Australia needs a revolution on tax, deregulation, energy supply and competition, not fiddling around the edges with small-minded economic debate.

12.02.2025 10

John Kehoe

Even small RBA rate cuts will fuel election spending

Any monetary easing this month will embolden more cash-burning by politicians, and therefore have important ramifications.

05.02.2025 10

John Kehoe

Dutton’s economic pitch is all vibe, not details

Dutton’s back-to-basics approach on economics offers a sharp contrast to Labor’s bigger government record of the past three years, but policy...

31.01.2025 20

John Kehoe

February rate cut on the table, but not a done deal

There is a plausible reason to cut interest rates next month, but also a reasonable case to hold steady and await more information on the economy.

29.01.2025 10

John Kehoe

Debt blowout shows budget honesty is ‘crooked’ in Queensland

The shocking budget blowout after the state’s election last year shows a massive institutional failure that has lessons for governments across the...

29.01.2025 20

John Kehoe

Jobs boom puts election rate cut on a knife edge

The stunning employment surge makes a pre-election rate cut less assured than the Albanese government would be hoping.

16.01.2025 7

John Kehoe

Election will test what voters care about the most

Voters hate inflation, but do they hate it more than rising unemployment? This year’s election will reveal their true priorities.

15.01.2025 10

John Kehoe

Election will test what voters most

Voters hate inflation, but do they hate it more than rising unemployment? This year’s election will reveal their true priorities.

15.01.2025 10

John Kehoe

The election will test if voters hate inflation more than unemployment

The low jobless rate is not far off a 50-year low. Yet, Labor is trying to avoid becoming the first one-term federal government since the 1930s.

15.01.2025 10

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