Government money is not free
The shameful exploitation of a half-billion-dollar government scheme to compensate veterans is another reminder that good intentions are no guard against the extremes of human nature.
Bosses demand tax and red-tape reforms as productivity roundtable priorities
Business leaders and economists will demand changes in taxation and planning approvals at Anthony Albanese’s productivity roundtable, but the Prime Minister’s close adviser, former Macquarie chief executive Nicholas Moore, says expectations should be adjusted, with tough decisions on tax unlikely to take priority over housing, energy and education.
Private enterprise the best route to independence
Reliance on government leg-ups helps no one and stifles ambition, writes liberal senator Nampijinpa Price
UK Goes Nuclear as outage fears rise
Britain’s Labour government has agreed to take a £17.8bn ($36.9bn) stake in building a nuclear power plant as fears rise that the country’s rush to build wind and solar farms is leaving the grid vulnerable to outages.
Opinion: Albanese Government’s tax on unrealised gains a ‘serious concern’
The Australian Government’s proposal to tax unrealised gains that will capture agricultural land in super exceeding $3 million is a serious cause for concern to rural Australia.
Rinehart creates WA mega-miner Hancock Iron Ore
As Gina Rinehart announced the 3000-strong workforce of Roy Hill and the contractor-driven Atlas Iron would become a single entity, she couldn’t resist handing some advice to the government.
O’Neil talks up slashing red tape on new home builds, puts pressure on States
Federal Housing Minister Clare O’Neil has declared it’s to hard to build a home in Australia and has outlined a new plan to push State and local governments to slash red tape.
Renewables rollout on a collision course with green groups: study
Green activists will slow Australia’s clean energy rollout and jeopardise Labor’s broader climate goals unless governments consider changing the location of planned renewables zones to accommodate environmental and land rights concerns.
‘CUT THE RED TAPE’: OECD TAKES DIM VIEW OF ECONOMY
Economists from the ‘big four’ banks have cut their growth expectations for the first quarter of this year ahead of official figures released on Wednesday.