Libs to burn $1m to save Frydenberg
The Victorian Liberal Party is preparing to spend up to $1 million to save Josh Frydenberg’s heartland seat of Kooyong.
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Burnside backs death tax
Greens convert and barrister Julian Burnside wants the return of death duties as he aims to unseat Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.
‘We won’t be dragged into IR’
Heather Ridout says AustralianSuper can be trusted not to use its huge financial clout to influence industrial relations.
Treasurer’s super war on activists Treasurer’s super war on activists
The Treasurer has sounded the alarm on financial activism, warning unions are “pressuring superannuation funds”.
Labor defends broker backflip
Labor has walked back from a commitment to implement all of the banking royal recommendations in full.
Extraordinary may not be enough
Today’s MYEFO reveals an economic pot of gold, but it might not be enough to save the Coalition at the next election.
Coalition $30 billion in the black Revenue surge puts Coalition $30bn in the black
An unexpected budget bonanza has doubled the projected surpluses over the next four years to more than $30 billion.
No Christmas holiday for Morrison
Scott Morrison and his team can take little comfort from the fact that the parliament has shut down for the Christmas holidays.
Morrison acts to stop PM churn
Scott Morrison asserts his authority over the Liberals by implementing sweeping changes to party rules preventing a repeat of the August spill.
Tax surge brings surplus closer
An end to more than a decade of federal budget deficits is near, says government, putting tax changes more firmly on election agenda.
So distracting – and all for a handful of Wentworth votes
Scott Morrison’s approach following the Bourke Street tragedy showed he has learned on the job.
$13bn gas pipeline sale blocked
In a move likely to inflame tensions with Beijing, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has blocked CK Infrastructure’s bid for APA.
Josh ‘right about Mahathir’
Scott Morrison defends Josh Frydenberg for raising the Malaysian PM’s anti-Semitic past over Australia’s Israeli embassy.
‘We must protect taxpayer funds’
Jason Falinski warns the government will have to be “very careful” in the design of its $2 billion fund for small businesses.
Too little too late
The Liberal Party, once the party of small business, has isolated that constituency for too long and no longer in practice considers it “the base”.
Canberra to block $13bn China deal
Josh Frydenberg has invoked national interest to signal he will reject a Hong Kong-based company’s $13bn bid for APA.
Coalition needs to catch up
There are four simple steps to stopping Chris Bowen’s super outrage, and Kerryn Phelps has already identified the first.
Taking jelly politics to new low
We’re witnessing what happens when someone from a marketing background sits in the PM’s chair: flip flopping, not core values.
‘It’s OK to be white’
PoliticsNow: One Nation leader Pauline Hanson says ‘it’s OK to be white’, but her motion acknowledging that has been narrowly lost.
Band-Aid no solution for A tax system in need of reform
Scott Morrison’s quick fix to resolve inequities in GST distribution looks set to backfire.
GST overhaul ‘baloney’: states
The states and territories have pushed back, urging the Morrison government to legislate a guarantee no state will be worse off.
Tampon tax to be removed
State and territory treasurers have unanimously agreed with the federal Coalition to drop the GST on feminine hygiene products.
Why wait for final bank report?
The absence of competition in the banking industry is one area Josh Frydenberg could act on immediately.
‘The Chinese stole everything’
Every senior Western official privately acknowledges it. Only the Americans have been strong enough to call it for what it is.
Voice of banks to join Josh
Exclusive: Josh Frydenberg has appointed Martin Codina, from the heavily scrutinised BT, as his chief of staff once more.
Great wealth transfer revealed
The top fifth of households by income are almost entirely supporting the bottom 60 per cent of earners, a report says.
Big government is no solution
Too many people doing too many things. Scott Morrison’s first move should have been to shrink his bloated ministry.
‘All vital signs in order’
The new Treasurer has met with the nation’s most powerful financial regulators for an update on the economy.
Morrison must turn Right
Robert Menzies would correctly consider today’s Liberal Party left wing, as recent events bear out.
Josh steps up for photo op
It was pretty much like most family photos: A touch awkward, a jostle for the front row, a few sledges, and a familiar face missing.
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