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Angus Taylor and Peter Dutton.

Coalition MPs want Trump-style ‘Australia first’ economics pitch

Conservative critics say the Coalition’s economic agenda is tissue-thin. There are mounting calls to go big and bold before the Reserve Bank lowers interest rates.

  • Paul Sakkal

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The nation has lost its horsepower. Why? Because our leaders are too scared to act

The mid-year economic update is a dismal portrait of a mediocre nation, but both sides of politics are culpable.

  • David Crowe
Treasurer Jim Chalmers at the press conference announcing the budget update

‘We’ve been vindicated’: Chalmers says government spending has saved the nation from recession

After coming under fire from for his mid-year budget update, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says: “We’ve rejected this free advice that says slash and burn in the budget”.

  • Shane Wright and David Crowe
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton with Coalition energy spokesman Ted O’Brien (left) and Nationals leader David Littleproud to launch their nuclear plan in Brisbane last week.

Is Angus Taylor really claiming nuclear power will cut power bills by 44 per cent?

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and shadow treasurer Angus Taylor have said their nuclear energy plan will cut power bills by 44 per cent. But experts say this cannot add up.

  • Mike Foley
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Might look like Chalmers is spending like a drunken sailor, but this is what’s really going on

Both sides know the current system, reliant on the nation’s army of wage slaves, is failing the economy and future generations.

  • Shane Wright
Treasurer Jim Chalmers

Coalition accuses Chalmers of reviving ‘Mediscare’

In 2016, Labor’s “Mediscare” campaign falsely suggested the Coalition wanted to privatise Medicare. The opposition is accusing the government of “reheating” the claim.

  • Millie Muroi
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RBA members who will sit on the Reserve’s new monetary policy board.

Meet the people setting your interest rates

Six people have been appointed to help run the Reserve Bank and set interest rates as part of Jim Chalmers’ overhaul of the bank.

  • Shane Wright
Treasurer Jim Chalmers accused Peter Dutton of economic vandalism because his modelling assumed the economy would be $294 billion smaller than the government plans by 2050.

Teals unconvinced by Dutton’s nuclear plan as Chalmers cites $4 trillion loss to economy

As the treasurer declared next year’s federal election a referendum on energy, independents who would be crucial to Coalition minority rule outlined the risks.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Somewhere along the way, disabled and bereaved Australians trying to make claims through their super funds have been let down at their most vulnerable.

‘Why do you make it difficult?’: Big super in big trouble over delayed claims

Three decades after the Keating government set up the superannuation system, a large cohort of Australians is now seeking to claim their entitlements – and they’re not impressed.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
Whoever forms government, Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese will face some taxing problems after the next election.

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.

  • Shane Wright

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