Hundreds of thousands of Australians now living beyond their means as mortgage stress explodes
Hundreds of thousands of Australians have fallen into mortgage stress amid the national cost-of-living crisis, spending more than…
Allegra Spender voted against Labor’s tax reform bill. What now?
Allegra Spender balked. Following much debate over whether the independent MP for Wentworth should back or vote against …
Yes, the AFR is desperate to bag the budget — but this desperate?
We know the Australian Financial Review’s attitude toward tax reform: that it’s not really tax reform unless it…
Are Labor’s tax reforms bad for young people? No. Obviously not.
Won’t somebody please think of the children!!! This was perhaps the most ludicrous sentiment heard from conservatives post-budget,…
Labor responds to Murphy report during budget lock-up
While the country’s political journalists were under lock and key at the budget lock-up all yesterday afternoon, the…
Tax cut calculator: How much could the 2026 federal budget measures save you?
Treasurer Jim Chalmers mentioned a string of “tax cuts” in his federal budget speech, talking up how the…
Tim Wilson will ‘never, ever, ever’ be treasurer
If there’s one silver lining to Saturday’s historic One Nation by-election win, it’s this: Tim Wilson will never,…