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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has said energy bill relief is not a permanent feature of the budget.

Inflation jump wipes out chances of rate cut – and puts rate hike back on the table

In a major concern for the Reserve Bank, underlying inflation rose again to sit further above the RBA’s 2-3 per cent inflation target.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi

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The state with the slowest economy since the turn of the century

The International Monetary Fund has urged the federal government to go bold on tax reform to help lift the nation’s economy.

  • Shane Wright

Australia’s $1 trillion tax problem fuels one battle after another. But it can be solved

It’s falling apart at the seams, but there are ways to save the federation – and improve the living standards of all Australians.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
At almost every step in our daily lives, there’s something in the way of taxpayers and businesses trying to go about their lives.

Whenever I ask about Australia’s $1 trillion failure, the response is pure anger

I spoke to hundreds of people about how Australia’s mishmash of local, state and federal government functions (or doesn’t). Everyone is angry about it, so what’s the solution?

  • Shane Wright
John Howard and Peter Costello.

Overgoverned, overtaxed and overcomplicated: How Australia was set up to fail

Our three levels of government will collect a record $1 trillion in taxes this year, but the federation is failing.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi

It’s a banana republic moment. We need to see more from Jim Chalmers

We don’t need eloquent oration or a calm plan for the future. Australia needs a call to economic arms.

  • Shane Wright
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Anthony Albanese has signalled the government is mulling an extension to the electricity subsidy.

Chalmers’ $2 billion subsidy for power bills runs out January 1 – he’s under pressure to spend it again

Federal energy subsidies worth $75 a quarter are due to end this year. But there is a push for them to continue into 2026.

  • Shane Wright
House values have risen to record highs across much of the country, driven in part by lower interest rates.

As rates hit the brakes, is 3.6 per cent as low as we should go?

Hopes among mortgage holders that interest rates will continue to fall were dashed by the Reserve Bank this week. But should they go any lower?

  • Shane Wright
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A right royal relocation

Best described as sheer folly.

West Australian Premier Roger Cook and Rita Saffioti in Canberra - happy with a GST system that delivers WA an extra $6 billion a year.

Please sir … don’t give WA any more money

In a perverse twist, the nation’s richest state says it should keep receiving billions in federal taxpayers’ cash. Clearly, the GST system is broken.

  • Shane Wright

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