Tasmanians head to July 19 election after Governor’s green light
Barbara Baker has granted Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff’s request for an early election – after his second visit to Government House.
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Progressives take key PS positions
Revealed by Anthony Albanese, the public service shake-up will see Steven Kennedy elevated to lead the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Business wants investment action as unions reveal their productivity focus
Business Council boss Bran Black says driving business investment is key to lifting productivity, while Electrical Trades Union national secretary Michael Wright wants the Prime Minister’s productivity roundtable to fix energy project delays.
Bookies want BetStop on keno and lotto
Australia’s biggest online bookmakers are lobbying Anika Wells to extend BetStop — the gambling self-exclusion register — into retail punting, internet keno and lotteries.
GDP growth slide makes rate cuts likely
Jim Chalmers’s hopes for a private sector-led economic recovery have been dampened by weak business investment, zero productivity and low economic growth, putting more pressure on the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates.
Teal takes Bradfield as Libs mull legal challenge
The independent candidate has won the seat by a razor-thin margin of 26 votes, making the result ripe for a Liberal-backed legal challenge.
‘Chalmers has shut the door’ on super tax talks: O’Brien
Ted O’Brien says ‘there is not one component of their tax plan that we like’ after the Treasurer said outbursts from backbenchers cast doubt on whether the Coalition is serious in its offer to negotiate on Labor’s super tax.
‘Toe the party line’: PM to defector Cox
Anthony Albanese says outspoken North West Shelf critic Dorinda Cox must support Labor’s policies. The run of inflation-beating pay hikes are not sustainable without a pickup in productivity growth, the Ai Group warns.
‘Too many loopholes’ in gambling register
The effectiveness of BetStop, the national gambling self-exclusion register frequently vaunted by Labor, has been brought into question.
ALP told: tread lightly on AI laws
The calls for a light regulatory touch come as Labor mulls new mandatory guardrails for the “high risk” AI usage.
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