As BHP earns more from South American copper than WA iron ore, its shifting profits raise hard questions about regulation, competitiveness and Australia’s resource future.
Tim Wilson has burst out of the starting blocks as Liberal shadow treasurer with a brave and accurate analysis of one major source of Australia’s economic malaise.
Voters are showing signs of fatigue on Labor’s climate change plan in a clash with affordability and Angus Taylor has returned to the energy debate as Opposition Leader at a critical moment.
One red meat leader said the government was “using industry as a piggy bank” as it reveals its export cost recovery plan.
Defence Minister Richard Marles wants to sell 68 military properties for $3bn, but it is no substitute for lifting the budget and weakens Australia’s defence capabilities.
A $15 billion fund will be allowed to back green projects that could end up making a loss under loosened rules that Liberals say will further fuel inflation.
Small businesses are going bust in record numbers with new analysis of insolvency data pinning the blame on the Albanese government’s tax and red tape regime.
Labor’s trillion-dollar debt disaster shows the government is robbing Peter to pay Peter while ordinary families suffer the consequences.
With commonwealth debt set to tick over $1 trillion any day, Australians might reasonably expect the government to be focused on paying it down. Instead, Canberra has squirrelled away more than $400bn in a sprawling web of off-budget funds and investment vehicles, borrowing heavily so politicians and bureaucrats can meddle in markets under the guise of “investment”.
Net-zero revolt has begun: We need to pivot from making energy more expensive to innovation that will make green energy cheaper
The renewable energy transition is facing increasing costs and development headwinds at a time when special-purpose funding from government is only starting to gather a head of steam.
Australia’s rising inflation, now 3.8 per cent, is outpacing concern over falling unemployment, threatening household budgets, real wages, and the cost of living across the nation.