Business confidence
Business calls for tax reform as opposition slams Victorian government’s ‘pathetic’ economic growth plan
Victoria’s promised economic growth statement, designed to drive economic growth, is not expected to include tax reform. Business and the opposition want more.
- by Rachel Eddie and Kieran Rooney
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The secret report showing how Victorian businesses are being stifled
Taxes, licences and permits are weighing down businesses in Victoria more than in other states, a secret government report has revealed.
- by Annika Smethurst and Kieran Rooney
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NSW budget
‘Tough times’: How cost of living pain is hurting Sydney chocolate maker
Economic headwinds across the city and state are adding to pressures on the NSW budget.
- by Matt Wade
Tax cuts buoy shoppers, but businesses start to feel interest rate pinch
Consumer confidence has climbed sharply, thanks partly to the Albanese government’s revamped tax cuts. But new figures show businesses are starting to struggle.
- by Shane Wright
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Inside China
Hong Kong’s role as the gateway to China faces a new threat
Proposed new national security laws unveiled this week are likely to have the same chilling effect on investment and activity as the counter-espionage rules that mainland China introduced last year.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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US politics
Business lobby warns Australia risks falling behind as US mounts green revolution
Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott says Joe Biden’s historic climate change bill has changed the economic landscape and Australia must now act.
- by Farrah Tomazin
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How one rate pause inflated consumer sentiment
Buckle up for the consumer confidence roller coaster.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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NSW Votes
Tougher economic times ahead, no matter who wins the NSW election
Deteriorating economic conditions have cast a shadow over the March 25 state election – and whoever wins will confront a raft of financial challenges.
- by Matt Wade
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NSW Votes
‘It feels like we’re on a perpetual trampoline’: Gloom descends on businesses
More than one in five NSW businesses plan to shed staff in coming months as business confidence falls ahead of this month’s state election.
- by Matt Wade
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Why the world’s chief executives are so anxious
Anxiety about the viability of their businesses has reached a peak not seen since the global financial crisis when the sustainability of the financial system was in question.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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KPMG
‘Short, sharp disruption’: Business leaders look beyond China COVID outbreak
KPMG chairman Alison Kitchen believes China’s latest outbreak, the scale and severity of which is not known, will not create new problems for local retailers.
- by Jessica Yun
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