New year, new rules: all the January 1 changes you need to know

Michael ReadEconomics correspondent

Dec 30, 2024 – 1.42pm

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From pricier passports to cleaner cars, January 1 will bring a wave of changes that will hit your finances, your workplace and even your kitchen benchtop.

Here’s what’s about to shift as the clock strikes midnight.

Michael Read is the Financial Review's economics correspondent, reporting from the federal press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia and at UBS.