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Controversial changes to capital gains tax concessions and negative gearing will be introduced to parliament despite warnings they will worsen Australia’s productivity problem. The proposals to rein in investor tax…
Farmers are choosing to skip laying down fertiliser for a year as costs rise, but are still willing to spend on seeds and crop-protection products, the nation’s main supplier says.…
Are Australian cheesemakers copping stiff cheddar under trade terms with the European Union, or is it actually a gouda deal? Cheese became the unexpected focus of a 20-minute debate in…
More should be done to prepare households to upgrade to electric appliances and stop defaults to like-for-like gas replacements when these systems conk out, according to an energy researcher. Michael…
Star’s ex-boss has shown no remorse after failing to disclose possible criminal risks of overseas junkets which drew billions of dollars into the casino, a court has been told. Former…
The media campaign against the Federal Budget is unprecedented, not for its vehemence but it’s uniformity across Murdoch and Nine Entertainment organs. Michael Pascoe fears for the future. Peter Tonagh,…
Travis Lovett has arrived at Parliament House with a plea from his Aboriginal elders. “I have walked my part of the road. Now I ask this country to walk the…
People looking for a job will be continually punished despite looming changes to employment services, advocates claim. Workplace Minister Amanda Rishworth will outline a shake-up of employment services in a…
Australia’s share market has shrugged off an early wobble after April inflation came in cooler than expected, rising the odds the Reserve Bank will hold rather hike the interest rate…
Consultant firms were paid almost $180 million to estimate the bloated Inland Rail budget, while a departing executive got $317,000 soon before half the freight route was scrapped. The federal…