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Treasurer Jim Chalmers admits the progressive side of politics is getting in its own way, strangling its ideas.

Good ideas strangled by red tape: Treasurer to crack down on bureaucracy

Jim Chalmers says boosting productivity is central to his economic agenda. In an exclusive interview, he maps out how he hopes to do it.

  • Shane Wright

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese enters the first caucus meeting held after the election victory.

Anthony Albanese’s ballooned caucus risks becoming an albatross

The 16 per cent caucus increase is a win for Albanese but risks becoming a challenge, as party elders warn controlling a larger caucus comes with managing ego and ambition.

  • Olivia Ireland
Treasurer Jim Chalmers speaks at the National Press Club on Wednesday.

Is this Gentle Jim’s JFK moment? If it is, he’s overlooked one thing

Treasurer Jim Chalmers, anxious to raise the bar on reform, is asking us to be more than ourselves. But can he be more than himself?

  • Peter Hartcher
Treasurer Jim Chalmers

The big tax changes likely to cross the treasurer’s desk

From abolishing stamp duty to slashing income tax, here are some ideas expected to be presented to Jim Chalmers after he opened the door to tax changes.

  • Millie Muroi
Hancock Prospecting executive chairwoman Gina Rinehart.

Gina Rinehart spends thousands evacuating media chief from Israel

PR operative James Radford was stuck in Israel last week. Then his boss, Australia’s richest person, stepped in, leaving other stranded Australians frustrated.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Gina Edwards and Oscar the cavoodle after she won her defamation case against Nine.

ABC makes cameo appearance in celebrity cavoodle legal drama

Journalists from the public broadcaster’s investigations team won access to documents related to an ongoing legal stoush involving the “million-dollar” dog.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
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Former WA Health Minister John Day.

Labor’s mad scramble to fix ‘invalid appointment’ of man in charge of WA politicians’ salaries

Labor will introduce an amendment to laws governing the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal on Tuesday to patch up the 2021 appointment of former Barnett government minister John Day.

  • Hamish Hastie
The real Niki Savva is not amused.

Niki Savva set to release tell-all book on 2025 election

The veteran political pundit’s upcoming tome is set to hit the Canberra bubble like an earthquake this November.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
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Albanese must make Trump an offer he can’t refuse

Anthony Albanese needs to make AUKUS great again by super-sizing the existing deal and offering the Trump administration more than was agreed to under Trump’s predecessor, Joe Biden.

  • James Massola
Youth Justice Minister Laura Gerber came under sustained opposition attack during question time on Wednesday (file photo).

Qld opposition teams up against youth justice minister in fiery question time

Laura Gerber responded to sustained Labor attacks by accusing former ministers of throwing staplers at staff and locking them in cupboards.

  • Cameron Atfield

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