May 2017
$1b channelled through tax avoiding payroll company
More than $1 billion was channelled through the payroll company at the heart of the fraud case that has rocked the ATO.
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The inside story of the $165m scam on the ATO
How seven IT crowd types and smart lawyers almost stole $165m from the ATO and destroyed the career of a top public servant.
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ATO's Jordan push for cultural change may be first casualty
Tax commissioner Chris Jordan's mission to modernise the ATO could be the first target in the political firestorm to follow the Plutus Payroll scandal.
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4pc deficit levy needed to support NDIS
The deficit levy on the wealthy would have to double to collect the same revenue from a small increase in the Medicare levy.
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Labor, Greens may not back Medicare levy hike
Labor and the Greens have left the Turnbull government on tenterhooks whether they will support the 0.5 per cent Medicare levy increase.
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Budget 2017: High income earners win in Medicare levy hike
High-income earners are the net winners in the see-sawing income taxes imposed and withdrawn over the next two years.
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Budget 2017: $10b deal to cut some medicine prices, boost Medicare confidence
The Turnbull government has brokered a $10 billion deal to cut medicine prices and restore voters' trust in Medicare.
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Budget 2017: Health deal provides unprecedented level of political cover
Want to know what's good for patients in the 2017 budget? Ask your doctor or pharmacist.
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High-income earners could be in Medicare firing line
High-income earners could be hit with higher taxes through the health system in next week's budget.
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Health budget aims to heal Coalition's Mediscare scare
The four-year freeze on Medicare rebates will finally lift this July for some visits to the GP as part of a multi-billion dollar package to restore the Coalition's standing after last election's "Mediscare".
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Nick Xenophon, Pauline Hanson open to university budget cuts
The majority of the Senate crossbench is prepared to consider the government's university fees policy.
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April 2017
Australian Federal Police illegally accessed journalist's metadata in search of leak
Australia's top cop says the public should still have full confidence in metadata laws even though his investigators illegally accessed a journalist's phone records.
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Business split over Turnbull's gas intervention
The business community has split over its support for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's intervention aimed at east coast gas producers.
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Private patients pay $729m more for medical implants
The average hip replacement cost $10,234 for private hospital patients compared to $5825 in a public hospital, according to new health statistics.
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Malcolm Turnbull slaps export controls on recalcitrant gas exporters
The government will hit Australia's largest gas producers with limits on their exports to avert an east coast gas crisis.
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Etsy, Amazon and Alibaba join eBay in threat to block Australian consumers in GST war
Australia's $300 million plan to impose GST on imported online purchases from July 1 appears at risk of collapse with eBay, Alibaba, Etsy and Amazon considering blocking Australian customers.
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Move a public servant, get a cheaper house
Moving public servants from the cities to the bush could help alleviate Australia's housing affordability crisis, Barnaby Joyce says.
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Economy gets $42 billion boost if public servants go bush
Moving 100,000 public servants out of the cities and into the country could release $42 billion, new research finds.
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Gas summit fails to find 'energy crisis' fix
The high-profile gas summit has stopped short of any concrete measures to immediately increase supplies for local consumers, heightening manufacturers' fears about spiralling prices and lost jobs.
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