Businesses will be forced to accept cash as method of payment for purchases under $500 from January 1, 2026
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has confirmed that Australians will be guaranteed the right to pay with cash for essential…
‘Wish you were here’: Coalition mocks Anika Wells with ‘taxpayer-funded travel’ postcard sent to voters in her electorate of Lilley
The Coalition has mocked Communications Minister Anika Wells by sending postcards to voters in her electorate highlighting her…
Australia’s economy strengthens as the rest of the world struggles
Last week’s national accounts confirm Australia is back on a sound economic path, as Alan Austin reports. WE…
‘Loophole’ in new government plan could lead to extinction of world-famous Aussie animal
“Loopholes” in new laws proposed by the Albanese government could unwittingly fast-track the extinction of one of Australia’s…
Slash spending and reform taxes, IMF urges Australia
Reviving the Gillard-era mining tax and slashing income taxes should be on the Albanese government’s agenda to boost…
A letter to Anthony Albanese could allow Labor MPs to speak up on gambling reform
It was the kind of letter that a Labor MP might think twice about sending to Anthony Albanese.…
Climate Integrity asks regulator to investigate claim ‘distorted research’ used to influence government policy
Advocacy group Climate Integrity has accused the gas industry of using “distorted research”, produced by the accounting firm…
Manufacturing Australia’s Mark Vassella warns there will be no Future Made in Australia as gas prices remain elevated
Labor has been warned its Future Made in Australia agenda will not be possible unless it ensures adequate…
If Australians want nice things, try shunning the destructive newsrooms
The latest economic update strongly endorses Labor and repudiates the media-backed Coalition, as Alan Austin reports. IN APRIL…
Doomsayers proved wrong again as businesses expand and prosper
Official data on Australia’s economy continue to undermine the Albanese Government’s critics, as Alan Austin reports. IN A…
Federal government inks $400m deal with Nauru to resettle people who have ‘no legal right to stay in Australia’
The Albanese government will pay Nauru more than $408 million to resettle hundreds of non-citizens caught up in…
The ‘golden era’ of reform in the 1980s and 90s wasn’t all peachy. It had a dark side
The Albanese government’s economic round table is over. If it inspires the government to pursue wholesale reforms in…