Productivity summit
- Opinion
- Political leadership
Brace yourself for the full-throated politics of grievance
Inflation hits poorer people harder, which creates the very worst social equation: the wealthy can continue to spend, further stoking inflation. It creates a recipe for populism.
- Waleed Aly
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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
‘Smaller slices of a smaller pie’: Business chief warns PM against world-first tax idea
Raising the prospect of a stand-off reminiscent of the Rudd-era mining tax, Business Council of Australia chief Bran Black will set red lines for the business community on tax reform.
- Paul Sakkal and Elias Visontay
From Medicare to unfair dismissals: Where the government is waging its red-tape war
The government asked bureaucrats for ways to cut red tape. They say new tech and AI can help make savings and stop criminals.
- Shane Wright
- Opinion
- Employment
Another great Australian dream goes by the wayside
We’re still a long, long way from enjoying the 15-hour working week predicted in the 1930s.
- Victoria Devine
Up to $60k a day each: The cost of inviting execs to sit at Chalmers’ roundtable
Many of the people at the treasurer’s economic roundtable are earning six or seven figures, but there’s one whose single-day appearance is worth more than $60,000.
- Millie Muroi
Lunchbreak deal to find ways to pay artists for work hoovered up by AI
Australia’s top unionist and a tech billionaire are making moves to confront the challenge of artificial intelligence.
- Paul Sakkal
- Analysis
- Australian economy
We can’t wait another 25 years for results, Mr Treasurer
At least there was no one with a guitar leading the room in Kumbaya. The success of the economic roundtable will be grounded in results.
- Shane Wright
- Opinion
- Sydney house prices
The act of bastardry that’s hurting young generations
Australians have a tax and welfare system that’s one of the envies of the world. But it’s also transferring masses of wealth to our older generations.
- Shane Wright
Housing minister, roundtable keen to take red pen to 3000-page building code
Business bosses, unions and ministers have agreed Australia must strip away red and green tape to speed up home construction, as momentum builds to overhaul Australia’s complex building code.
- Paul Sakkal, Shane Wright, Millie Muroi and Brittany Busch