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Rio Tinto is backing a price on carbon and more taxpayer funds to be poured into meeting Labor’s contentious 82 per cent renewables target.
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Rio Tinto wants price on carbon, more funding to meet renewables target
Rio Tinto is backing a price on carbon and more taxpayer funds to be poured into meeting Labor’s contentious 82 per cent renewables target, ahead of the Albanese government’s reform roundtable.
Unions demand Gillard-style carbon price despite emissions target warning
Labor has been warned a target of up to 75 per cent will hurt the viability of local industry, as the ACTU insists the Gillard government’s economy-wide carbon price was a success.
Chalmers ‘open to new taxes’ after Treasury leak
Jim Chalmers is open to raising new taxes and cutting more spending after Treasury accidentally released advice saying such actions were critical to making the budget sustainable again.
Giles flags summit focus on skills crisis
Skills Minister Andrew Giles says there needs to be a ‘parity of esteem’ between vocational training and university to ensure there are more young people attracted to the jobs of the future.
Chalmers talks super tax with Keating
Jim Chalmers says he has spoken to Paul Keating about Labor’s plan to tax superannuation balances over $3m, conceding the proposal to tax unrealised capital gains does not have ‘unanimous support around Australia’.
Treasurer’s calling for a cut but RBA puts him on hold
Jim Chalmers has weaponised a split vote of the Reserve Bank board, as governor Michele Bullock argued she was yet to be convinced inflation had been ‘nailed’.
Rates call about ‘timing’, Bullock says, defending RBA’s communication
The Reserve Bank governor says the central bank wants to avoid inflationary pressures from reigniting again, rejecting claims the central bank failed to clearly communicate its economic outlook.
Labor eyes school curriculum changes to teach perils of anti-Semitism
Education Minister Jason Clare ‘stands ready’ to reform the school curriculum so children are taught more about anti-Semitism.
‘Careful explanation’: Albanese urged to reassure Trump
Former ambassador to the US Arthur Sinodinos has urged the Albanese government to assure the Trump administration it is not going its own way on foreign policy.
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