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The latest economic national accounts and government borrowing costs hitting a 15-year high will embolden the Reserve Bank to pull the trigger on an...
To borrow an AFL adage that WA Premier Roger Cook will be familiar with, critics should play the ball, not the (wo)man.
The federal government’s $1 trillion debt milestone comes as interest rates on government debt hit multi-decade highs in global bond markets.
Data centres are more like a modest-return quarry than a high-value iron ore mine, operating on much lower profit margins and employing fewer people.
A sharp rise in unemployment because of widespread adoption of artificial intelligence would put already-stretched government budgets under severe...
The massive build-out has contributed to a big upgrade in the central bank’s outlook for business investment, despite weak confidence in the private...
A future conservative government should consider adopting a proper dual-income system, with a flat maximum rate on all capital and savings income.
The Australian economy has been too reliant on the easy money gains from housing, so a rebalancing could reallocate labour into more productive areas.
Identifying in real time genuinely innovative early-stage companies that add to productivity and has broader spillover benefits is fraught with...
Until the Reserve Bank gets on top of inflation, voter frustration about the cost of living is likely to persist and One Nation can surf the wave of...
Finance and tech are the new geopolitical battle spaces, facing state-sponsored cyberattacks, foreign interference and insider threats.
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey is doing a better job at containing spending than other governments around the country and helping the RBA contain...
The government has inadvertently underwritten a tobacco crime wave and is now trying to plug the revenue hole by increasing taxes on capital income.
Anthony Albanese wants the Australian public to think he understands what is driving them into the arms of One Nation. But he misses a crucial point.
The disruption from the government’s budget changes may inadvertently help the RBA slow economic activity and cool inflation in the coming months.
Some of the criticisms of Labor’s tax changes are valid, while some claims are wildly exaggerated. The government should take the time to fix its...
Jim Chalmers retreated to his Brisbane electorate and away from the national media limelight as the government deployed a new oracle to sell its tax...
Deficits do matter because the higher government spending and rising debt in good economic times reduces the government’s flexibility to respond to...
The treasurer has made no meaningful attempt to fix the income tax bracket creep that will eat away at the pay of working-age people over coming...
To burnish Labor’s fiscal credentials, the government has promoted big savings numbers in the pre-budget buildup. But we shouldn’t be fooled.
Governor Michele Bullock was blunt on the effect of any cash splashes by federal and state governments aimed at shielding households from cost...
Inflation is too high, but not as bad as feared. The odds of an interest rate rise next Tuesday are about 50-50.
The initial nothing-to-see-here attitude should now give way to closer look to determine if there is something deeper and more systemic happening...
Most journalists pay little attention to off budget spending. But we owe it to Australian taxpayers to speak truth about the real state of the...
It should never have taken so long to stop a scheme hitting $100 billion next decade when it was originally costed at $14 billion.
In seeking to be seen to be helping the younger generation buy property, the government could end up making an already arcane tax system more complex...
Ensuring the supply of essential goods like fuel, fertiliser and medicines is sensible, but making more things at home will cost consumers, taxpayers...
The knee-jerk reaction is just the start of more inflationary spending and puts Jim Chalmers’ pledged “reform” budget on life support.
Fuel prices have not increased as dramatically, 5 per cent inflation is a long way from double-digits, and most home borrowers can cope – for now.
A smorgasbord of policies could genuinely help young people improve their lives. Yet, here we are, quarrelling over an inconsequential capital gains...
While the government will no doubt consider blaming war in the Middle East for any decision to increase interest rates, homegrown factors will matter...
A surge in commodity prices due to the conflict could boost revenue for businesses and the government, but it could also add to rising prices.
Angus Taylor must find a savvy way of communicating the case for economic orthodoxy to a voter base increasingly distrustful of mainstream economics.
While there may be a case to change the 50 per cent discount on capital gains, the economic reality is the tax break is not nearly as generous as its...
With the private sector rebounding, the government should be pulling back to make room for more productive enterprise activity.
Unless there is a sharp change of direction under the Albanese government, the economic realities will catch up with the politics.
Huge economic ramifications are at stake from the inevitable Liberal Party leadership showdown between Sussan Ley, Andrew Hastie and Angus Taylor.
Hot inflation figures mean the Reserve Bank of Australia faces an embarrassing U-turn on interest rates.
It is an upside-down world when Labor, traditionally the working-class party, is using tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer funds to help the...
The more one thinks about it, the more convincing it becomes that the 650,000 SMSFs should pay an annual levy if they want to be covered for losses.
Despite the treasurer’s claim of a “stronger” budget due to higher revenue, under-the-radar spending will contribute to worsening deficits.
Macquarie’s sale of data centre assets may be a canary in the coal mine for a coming financial bust.
In an inconvenient truth, new research shows that high personal income tax rates motivate earners to become leveraged landlords.
Michele Bullock is ringing the alarm on “upside” inflation risks and openly talking about the plausibility of raising interest rates next year.
Australia is pumping infinite money into supply-constrained markets such as disability and childcare, while the government also mandates and helps...
The rebound in the Australian economy should be, and is, good news - but capacity constraints are starting to bite.
It now seems increasingly plausible that the next move in interest rates could just as well be up, as down.
One idea to boost competition is to remove the power of industry incumbents. Two prime examples are the self-appointed “gatekeepers” in medicine...
The two-year-old Compensation Scheme of Last Resort to bail out victims of poor financial advice and fraud is turning into a slippery slope.
The lower speed limit means the economy cannot afford as much income growth for people, and that living standards will increase by less than in the...
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