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Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood years of second best climate policy continues to weigh on the economy and greenhouse gas reduction.

Australians bearing the brunt of ‘second-best’ climate plans

One of the nation’s leading economists says Australians are paying the price for a political class that is “far from brave” when it comes to climate policy.

  • Shane Wright

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Almost all companies including miners would gain a tax cut under a revamped plan from the Productivity Commission.

Cut company tax, cut red tape to get the country racing: PC

The government has been told by its key economic adviser that to lift living standards it needs to cut company tax and red tape.

  • Shane Wright
CBA chief Maat Comyn, Business Council of Australia chief Bran Black, productivity commissioner Danielle Wood and ACTU secretary Sally McManus will all attend Jim Chalmers’ roundtable.

Australians want Albanese to act now to fix the economy – but want one tax left alone

The prime minister vows not to spring new tax reform ideas on voters, but Jim Chalmers insists there are opportunities for quick fixes – and many Australians don’t want to wait.

  • Shane Wright and Paul Sakkal
A nation of “regulatory hairballs”: Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood will argue it’s time to cure the nation’s addiction to red tape.

Australia needs to cough up its ‘regulatory hairballs’, declares PC boss

For the next three days, leaders will look at ways to lift living standards. The Productivity Commission says they should start with one area of reform.

  • Shane Wright
Jim Chalmers has pushed back at claims by critics that the coming economic roundtable will be a talkfest.

Chalmers hits back at critics talking down economic talkfest before it has even begun

Critics are circling the government’s economic roundtable, but Jim Chalmers says good ideas are already surfacing, with more to come.

  • Shane Wright and Paul Sakkal
Some of the nation’s biggest business organisations have slapped down a proposal to overhaul company taxes, saying they could drive up grocery prices.

Chalmers faces ‘Keating moment’ as business slams company tax plan

The Productivity Commission has proposed a world-first approach to company tax reform. Business says it will hurt consumers at the supermarket.

  • Shane Wright
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The proposed cashflow tax would target multinationals that pay little tax in Australia.

Big cut in company tax would boost economy – but it comes with a sting

The Productivity Commission has proposed a revolutionary overhaul of the company tax system – something no other nation has implemented.

  • Shane Wright
Productivity Commissioner Danielle Wood is keynote speaker at the Melbourne 2050 summit on Friday.

Congestion levy and hybrid work underpin productivity chief’s CBD vision

Melbourne is being challenged to reinvent the CBD from a place to house office workers on weekdays to a week-long destination for recreation and culture.

  • Sophie Aubrey and Cara Waters
Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

A strong cup of coffee could solve our productivity problem

It’s been a problem since the GFC, and now the Productivity Commission is taking a new approach to economic solutions: crowdsourcing.

  • Shane Wright
Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

PM warned against ‘slippery slope’ of picking business winners with taxpayer billions

Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood said the government’s push to subsidise manufacturing risks creating businesses that rely on handouts. And her predecessors agree.

  • David Crowe and Shane Wright