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Forestry
The government promised a koala national park. Then the loggers moved in
Forests on the North Coast are earmarked for a national park to protect “the best patch of koala habitat in the world”, but the area is still being logged in epic proportions.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Political leadership
The end of Albanese’s (other) honeymoon
Inconvenient facts exist in a universe parallel to the one in which Australian politics is actually conducted. But there are signs that the time for deluded consensus is running out.
- by Sean Kelly
Ken Henry closes his corporate chapter with ASX retirement
While it is not clear whether the former Treasury Secretary will return to listed company life, the ASX directorship was his remaining significant corporate role.
- by Sarah Danckert
‘Outrage and mania’: Former NAB chair Ken Henry slams business leaders, politicians
Ken Henry has revealed a litany of failures at the bank while delivering a scathing assessment of Australia’s stakeholder capitalism.
- by Charlotte Grieve
Ken Henry backs tax cuts but warns budget ‘needs to be brought under control’
Most economists support the idea of lowering income taxes but concern is rising about a looming budget reckoning.
- by Jessica Irvine
Analysis
Tax reform
It’s time to have another conversation about tax reform - or the goose is cooked
Taxes are the price of a civilised society and our tax system is struggling to properly raise the revenue. But there is a way forward.
- by Shane Wright
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Tax reform
What needs to be done to fix the tax system?
Death duties, hiking the GST and more taxes on housing are on the wish lists of the nation’s top economists.
- by Shane Wright and Jennifer Duke
Ken Henry hits out at tax system ‘not fit for purpose’
The former Treasury secretary who chaired a major federal review of the nation’s taxation system has criticised inaction from political leaders on tax reform.
- by Jennifer Duke
'Bold step': Other states urged to follow NSW's lead on stamp duty reform
State and territory premiers are under pressure to follow the NSW government's plan to give home buyers a choice between paying a one-off stamp duty or an annual fee, risking a hit to the budget bottom line while interest rates are low to scrap the widely disliked tax.
- by Jennifer Duke, Shane Wright and Matt Wade
Perrottet calls on other states to work with him to phase out stamp duty
State governments are under pressure to follow the NSW government's plan to give home buyers a choice between paying a one-off stamp duty or an annual fee.
- by Jennifer Duke, Shane Wright and Matt Wade
He served Labor and Liberal alike. Now Ken Henry wants a federal ICAC to scrutinise both
The former Treasury secretary, who famously resigned as chairman of NAB amid the banking royal commission, says the experience taught him to value transparency in public and corporate life.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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