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Australian builders are finishing half as many homes per hour as they were 30 years ago, prompting a top economic umpire to demand that red tape be shredded to help fix the continuing housing crisis.

If you believe Chris Bowen, green hydrogen in Australia is not dead or deceased or bereft of life. It’s just resting, pining for fields of solar panels and wind turbines.

The government must get its budget and energy house in order. Big corporations have finally found their voice to hold Labor to account for its wayward obsessions and lack of financial discipline

Mining chiefs have accused Jim Chalmers of squandering surpluses they helped deliver and warned the budget will remain in deficit unless spending is reined in and fiscal discipline applied.

Masterclasses in business simplicity, designed to cut through bureaucratic red tape and smooth administrative processes

Chiefs in the infrastructure and energy sectors warn Labor’s 82 per cent green power target is unrealistic and coal-fired power stations must stay open, as the ­Albanese government slapped down business pleas to reconsider its renewables-only strategy and said they would be listening to “experts”.

When it comes to debate about tax matters, our political leaders on both sides keep serving up a stale cheese sandwich when what is needed is a banquet of reform.

The resources industry has warned that mining in Western Australia will be devastated unless the Native Title Act is changed quickly.

A secret report has laid bare the potential impact of the Albanese Government’s Nature Positive laws on WA, warning electricity prices and housing costs could rocket.

While our political leaders no doubt are focused on the potential for interest rate relief before the federal election, they should instead be preoccupied with how to lift productivity and grow the economy.