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Australia should cut taxes for small businesses and implement a new tax that allows immediate investment deductions, the Productivity Commission says, laying the groundwork for the government’s economic roundtable. The…
World stocks are mixed, with markets mulling a raft of economic indicators including central bank rate decisions, inflation data and last-minute trade deal negotiations before US President Donald Trump’s August…
US President Donald Trump has intensified his trade war with Canada a day before his August 1 deadline for a tariff agreement, saying it will be “very hard” to make…
the US will charge a 15 per cent tariff on imports from South Korea, down from a threatened 25 per cent, President Donald Trump says, as part of a deal…
Australia’s intelligence boss has warned that people who boast about their access to sensitive information are openly painting themselves as targets for foreign spying operations. ASIO director-general Mike Burgess revealed…
A sense of nostalgia has pervaded the nation’s capital as the 48th parliament’s first sitting fortnight drew to a close. After two weeks of political beef over US cattle, battles…
The Israeli aim of ethnically cleansing Palestinians from Gaza is well underway. It relies on US finance, compliant allies and rejection of peace plans. Cathy Peters reports. Israel’s Mossad director,…
Australia has the “opportune moment” to recognise a Palestinian state as the nation’s leaders say formal acknowledgement is now only a matter of time. Canada has followed the UK and…
Hopes of an impending interest rate cut have been bolstered by a top official who says fresh figures show inflation falling in line with predictions. Reserve Bank of Australia deputy…
Failure to bring Indigenous people’s outcomes up to par with the rest of the community has led one outspoken senator to question the point of Closing the Gap targets. The…