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Business Council of Australia chief executive Bran Black.

AI a Trojan horse for more IR regulation, business warns

CEOs invited to next month’s meeting fear artificial intelligence will be used as cover to push for unions to have veto power over the introduction of technologies.

Charities often depend on reliable, long-term funding—what’s referred to as “structured gifts.” These enable them to plan years ahead. In fields like medical research, where progress from bench to bedside can take decades, such stability is critical.

Labor’s charity tax could gut generosity in Australia

Much like recent changes to superannuation or proposals for taxes on unrealised gains, meddling with the philanthropic system erodes confidence.

Treasury’s charity tax plan splits wealthy families

Australia’s richest families will be forced to distribute the $11 billion locked in private foundations at a faster rate to charities, under a federal plan.

OpenAI global chief economist Ronnie Chatterji.

OpenAI latches onto Labor’s economist wonks

The maker of ChatGPT figured out the best route to the corridors of power.

OpenAI’s chief economist onnie Chatterji has been meeting with cabinet ministers to talk about the benefits of adopting more AI.

OpenAI wants AI tax breaks, promises $115b annual windfall

OpenAI chief economist Ronnie Chatterji has conducted a whirlwind set of meetings in Canberra as the company prepares to launch an AI blueprint for Australia.

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June

Artificial intelligence will change the world of work - the next frontier for industrial relations

Unions bristle at ‘presumptuous’ Labor approach to AI regulation

Business has welcomed Andrew Leigh’s light-touch approach as a pro-innovation signal, but unions say AI could unleash “dysfunction and inequality”.

Andrew Leigh, newly appointed assistant minister for productivity, argues AI should face light touch regulation.

AI could create more jobs: Minister pushes light-touch regulation

Assistant Minister for Productivity Andrew Leigh said any AI-specific rules should protect the public and ensure innovation can flourish.

Labor MPs for Canberra, from left, Alicia Payne, Katy Gallagher, Andrew Leigh and David Smith.

Minister urges MPs to write to regulator over ANU concerns

Education Minister Jason Clare has written to Canberra MPs about “concerning issues” of governance at the university.

Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson

The book Jim Chalmers and all of Canberra is reading

Abundance is the book the treasurer keeps dropping into speeches. It calls for a “liberalism that builds” and it’s sold out in bookshops across Canberra.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese must take economics seriously.

Labor must respect economics or be mugged by reality

Economics doesn’t care about your vision any more than gravity cares about your desire to fly. Respect it or plummet to your death.

In some parts of Australia, getting approval for a modest townhouse now takes longer than building one used to.

What’s holding us back from a better housing, transport and clean energy future

Australia doesn’t lack ideas for solving problems in housing, transport and clean energy, we lack institutions that can follow through and create change.

Andrew Leigh, newly appointed assistant minister for productivity will argue key institutional processes are holding back Australians’ standard of living.

Labor minister says ‘thickets of regulation’ need to be slashed

Assistant Minister for Productivity Andrew Leigh said government too often rewarded process over outcomes.

May

Productivity Minister Andrew Leigh has told businesses opposing the looming ban on non-compete clauses to offer their workers better pay if they want them to stop leaving.

Businesses must earn loyalty, not enforce it: productivity minister

Labor’s Andrew Leigh has told businesses opposing the looming ban on non-compete clauses to offer their workers better pay if they want them to stop leaving.

Treasurer Chalmers and Assistant Minister for Competition, Andrew Leigh have already started discussions on a productivity agenda, which includes more effective regulatory settings.

Government must get productivity right this time

Bold reform comes with a heavy price tag and is harder when economic circumstances also command big spending

March

Labor is also considering limiting non-competes for those earning more than $175,000 a year.

Non-compete ban threatens value of business deals: investors, lawyers

Making it easy for workers to go work for the competitor down the road may help increase wages, but it could also have an impact on acquisitions.

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The budget bans non-compete clauses for workers earning less than $175,000.

Non-compete clauses banned for workers earning less than $175k

Workers in childcare, construction and hairdressing are among those set to benefit from a new ban on employment non-compete clauses.

February

Coalition MP’s food donation tax break could cost hundreds of millions

Treasury says the proposed deduction for charitable food donations could lead to companies pocketing millions for donations already being made.

December 2024

Labor has curtailed plans to make public a database of beneficial owners.

Secret shareholder register overhauled amid privacy fears

A plan to expose the secret beneficial owners of three million unlisted companies and trusts has been overhauled due to fears of identity theft and cybercrime.

November 2024

Woolworths chief executive Amanda Bardwell and Coles’ Leah Weckert faced a 10 day blowtorch from the Albanese government.

Inside the two weeks from hell for the country’s biggest supermarkets

This week, Woolworths chief executive Amanda Bardwell and Coles’ Leah Weckert will have a chance to tell their side of the story in hearings run by the ACCC.

Ashley de Deilva is Choice’s chief executive. His organisation’s research has been questioned by Woolworths and Coles.

Red flag over Choice’s taxpayer-funded grocery price watch

The consumer advocacy group has overstated the difference in prices between the big supermarkets and discount store Aldi, a Wall Street investment bank says.

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