Specialists refuse to correctly diagnose best economy ever
Only once has Australia’s economy achieved near-perfect health. The newsrooms failed to track and record this for 2025,…
Albanese tries to get fuel message out as Chalmers’s budget countdown begins
Welcome back to your weekly federal politics update, where Courtney Gould gets you up to speed on the…
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says budget will include tax reform, but no decision yet on capital gains
Federal treasurer Jim Chalmers has committed to tax reform in his upcoming budget, but has added that no…
Australian shares crash amid Middle East tensions, jobs shock
There was a sea of red on the Australian sharemarket on Thursday as a spike in oil prices…
Jim Chalmers pushes ambitious budget as Middle East war fuels inflation
War in the Middle East is threatening to push inflation in Australia above five per cent, as Treasurer…
Stat that will make Aussies’ blood boil
Each year about $20bn in capital gains tax discounts is foregone by the federal government. Picture: NewsWire /…
Labor spending not to blame for soaring inflation: Chalmers
Jim Chalmers has defended Labor’s management of the economy after Sunrise host Nat Barr accused the government of…
Aussie financial breaking point revealed: Gen Z hit hardest
The dollar figure at which Australians reach financial “breaking point” can be revealed, with Gen Zers feeling the…
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Australia has ‘big stockpiles of fuel’ but fails to rule out possibility of fuel shortages
The Albanese government has been accused of sending mixed messages about fuel scarcity, amid concerns Australia’s fuel supply…
Staffer convinced Iranian soccer players abandon Australia asylum bid to return home
Members of Australia’s Iranian community believe Iran used a support member of the Women’s Football team to convince…
Iran creates massive variable for looming federal budget
South Park’s version of roshambo — the enduring “rock paper scissors” game unreliably said to have been played…
MP whose electorate gets largest capital gains tax discount wants to rein it in
Residents of Allegra Spender’s seat of Wentworth saved $1.8 billion in taxes in a single year from the…