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Claire Hamilton and daughters Grace, 7, and Chloe, 9.

Tax Office cracks down on sunscreens with extras

Sunblock must be primarily marketed as sunscreen to remain GST-free, the Australian Taxation Office says.

  • Madeleine Heffernan

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers said Australians would have been facing much more pressure under Peter Dutton.

Hooked on sugar-hit policies, we keep ignoring the tax elephant in the room

It’s been 25 years since a government sold tax reform to Australians. The time has come for them to try again.

  • Rachel Clun
Crypto ATMs such as these are being used to launder money and scam Australian “money mules”.

Australians turned into money mules chasing crypto cash

Australia has the third-largest number of cryptocurrency ATMs in the world. They are being used to launder money for organised criminals.

  • Shane Wright
Wentworth independent Allegra Spender says tax reform would be important in a hung parliament.

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.

  • Shane Wright
The Coalition ramped up its attack on the Australian government’s security checks throughout the parliamentary sitting fortnight.

Labor attack ad claims Dutton won’t support WA’s $36.5b GST share

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has visited WA as his Labor government released an attack ad claiming Peter Dutton and the Coalition don’t support the state’s GST deal.

  • Alex Condon
Mate v mate, state v Canberra … Premier Chris Minns and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will lock horns over the GST.

Albanese’s GST mauling of NSW Labor mates invites blood at federal poll

Its treatment of the Minns Labor government in the GST carve-up could be costly for the federal ALP in critical NSW seats.

  • Alexandra Smith
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JIm Chalmers

Federal budget another reminder of how unfair GST carve-up is for NSW

It has become obvious that the GST distribution model is no longer fit for purpose and urgent change is needed for the sound financial future of our state.

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NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has hit out at the ‘absurd’ GST carve up which will cost taxpayers almost $53 billion dollars

‘Struggle takes time’: NSW treasurer invokes spirit of Gandhi over GST stoush

Daniel Mookhey blasted the “absurd” GST carve-up which will see taxpayers pay billions to prop up a 2018 deal that has allowed resource-rich Western Australia to deliver six consecutive surpluses.

  • Michael McGowan and Shane Wright
Western Australia’s Treasurer and deputy Premier Rita Saffioti in her office at Dumas House in Perth. 02/05/2024. Photo:Trevor Collens AFR

‘We’re giving far more than we’re getting’: WA fires warning shot over GST blowout

WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti reckons critics of the current GST should “read the other parts of the budget where WA revenues are propping up” much of the federal government’s revenue.

  • Hamish Hastie
NSW Premier Chris Minns.

The Minns government’s worst budget fears have been realised

The Albanese government’s budget has delivered a $1.9 billion blow to NSW, putting the state’s finances under further pressure.

  • Alexandra Smith

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