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This week has laid bare the accelerating housing correction and the arrival of an AI jobs shock. It will be deeply uncomfortable for households.
More than 1.35 million small businesses owe money to the Australian Taxation Office, and 71,000 directors have been told they are personally liable for debts.
James and Anthony discuss the spy and sex saga engulfing the world’s biggest chipmaker and the national carrier shows how AI will replace professionals.
The scrappy proceedings at Jacksons on George attracted business, politics and sports figures united against the government’s tax changes.
A flat 40 per cent discount on non-property assets is far better for investment, risk-taking and productivity than indexation plus the Innovative Business CGT concession.
I believe young Australians will reject these taxes once they understand what they mean for their ability to invest, build businesses and get ahead.
Big investors say Victoria’s debt problem has cast a pall over the state’s reputation in capital markets, and the next government must take real action.
To limit the inflationary and interest rate impact, governments should be cutting unproductive spending to make space for the private sector’s AI splurge
As the cracks in the official version widen, it’s difficult to see how Cricket Australia can keep playing a straight bat to growing calls for an independent inquiry
Economists do not expect take-home pay to recover to pre-pandemic levels until 2034, with inflation remaining high and productivity failing to lift.
It’s the consequence of Labor’s fiscal and public policy mismanagement, enabled by an accommodating central bank. And blaming oil prices is just a convenient excuse.
If there’s an American political analog to the prime minister’s premature boast about taming inflation, it’s George W. Bush’s 2003 declaration of “mission accomplished”.
The central bank’s chief economist says there’s evidence tech shifts are already softening graduate hiring across sectors exposed to artificial intelligence.
Future Made in Australia is part of Labor’s plan to boost productivity, but implementation appears to be moving slowly.
Australia’s overshoot of the inflation target remains among the highest in the world, even if the central bank governor says otherwise.
Households face a bleak year ahead: falling real wages, dropping home values, stalled productivity and rising bills hitting families and firms.
James and Anthony try to work out what Donald Trump’s shellacking means for us and discuss some troubled Australian companies.
The Labor government should take stock as it confronts a declining primary vote, higher inflation and community backlash to AI data centres.
The post-pandemic price breakout presents a big challenge to keeping the faith in Australia’s three-decade-old monetary policy framework put in place by Costello.
As the central bank governor raises interest rates to record levels, her employer is still splurging more taxpayer cash on a fancy fit-out.
There was always a risk that encouraging board members to be candid in their views would send mixed messages
The deputy governor rejected allegations a public appearance coerced his monetary policy colleagues before the board lifted borrowing costs to an 18-year-high.
The RBA’s deputy governor has acknowledged growing anger over multiple rate rises and heightened concern about future price rises.
Federal government spending on public servant salaries increased by more than 7 per cent last year, increasing pressure on Treasurer Jim Chalmers to rein in hiring.
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