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Call to outlaw ‘coercive’ cults, stop financial secrecy for extreme churches

Call to outlaw ‘coercive’ cults, stop financial secrecy for extreme churches

Revelations about alleged abuse and other disturbing behaviour at a secretive Pentecostal church have sparked calls for reform.

  • by Richard Baker

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Why tax reform is the national debate we can no longer afford to avoid
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Why tax reform is the national debate we can no longer afford to avoid

The major political parties have deserted the debate stage when it comes to tax reform. But Allegra Spender is going where no non-government MP has gone before.

  • by Shane Wright
Our politicians aren’t acting their age. That’s a good thing
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Our politicians aren’t acting their age. That’s a good thing

Among the childish bickering that goes on in our capital, there’s a glimmer of hope. It revolves around a three-letter word.

  • by Millie Muroi
The big demand Allegra Spender will make if there’s a hung parliament

The big demand Allegra Spender will make if there’s a hung parliament

The Independent MP says the tax system punishes the next generation. She wants changes before she backs a new government.

  • by Shane Wright
How Wall Street and the Fed could derail Trump’s MAGA plans

How Wall Street and the Fed could derail Trump’s MAGA plans

Sharemarket investors were initially excited about the president-elect’s return to the White House but Jerome Powell quickly became the party pooper.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
The half trillion-dollar tax headache facing Australia
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The half trillion-dollar tax headache facing Australia

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton face a half trillion-dollar tax problem – without a change, Australians will face a generational high tax hit.

  • by Shane Wright
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Solve decades of political ‘stuff-ups’ with hung parliament: Spender

Solve decades of political ‘stuff-ups’ with hung parliament: Spender

Independent MP Allegra Spender says 20 years of policy inaction have left Australia with poor housing and tax systems, but sees a way to fixing them.

  • by Shane Wright
The people most likely to have negatively geared properties

The people most likely to have negatively geared properties

Some of Australia’s top earners are among the most likely to have a negatively geared investment property – but many people in lower paid jobs use the tax concession too.

  • by Millie Muroi and Nick Bonyhady
Hey, big spenders: The most profligate election campaign in US history

Hey, big spenders: The most profligate election campaign in US history

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are announcing new big-ticket election promises almost daily. Harris’ agenda appears less unaffordable than Trump’s.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
There are 7 billion positive reasons why negative gearing needs to change

There are 7 billion positive reasons why negative gearing needs to change

Negative gearing and capital gains tax concessions, as they stand, cost taxpayers billions and do little to support home building or the rental market.

  • by Aruna Sathanapally and Trent Wiltshire
If Albanese wants this fight, he’ll need to gear up for a big one

If Albanese wants this fight, he’ll need to gear up for a big one

Negative gearing is a totemic policy because of the way any attempt at reform can be turned into an assault on aspiration or a scare about a tax grab.

  • by David Crowe

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