Australia is heading for its weakest decade of living standards growth in more than a century, fuelling support for One Nation and prompting former Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe to warn that fundamental policy change is needed to encourage business investment.
Read more
‘Something is wrong with this place’: Kelty slams state of economy
Labor luminary and former ACTU boss Bill Kelty has slammed the quality of economic management in Australia, saying taxes and spending are too high, and there is “something really wrong” when living standards are falling at the same time commodity prices are booming.
Read moreShe’ll be right’ attitude could cost NT billions
The Northern Territory is poised at the edge of a resources boom but the opportunity will pass by without dedicated efforts to make it happen, according to industry leaders.
Read moreTax and migration reforms needed to build Northern Australia, ease pressure on southern states
Media Release
Read moreThe Case For A Special Economic Zone Up North
Why does the Northern Territory remain reliant on federal taxpayer funding, and given the record and increasing government debt, combined with the lack of importance for territory votes that federal parties outside the territory have, how long can it rely on the extent of such taxpayer funding?
Read moreGina backs Tax-Free Zones for the North
The Territory’s largest private investor Gina Rinehart has backed the Finocchiaro government’s call to the Albanese Government that it needs to unlock northern Australia’s dormant potential through Special Economic Zones.
Read moreTax-free zones: Time for policies that work for NT
Picture a part of your own country so full of promise it could lift the living standards of every working household from Darwin to Alice, Townsville and Cairns, to Carnarvon and Kununurra — and yet our north sits three quarters dormant, its potential smothered under rules written by people who have never worked there.
Read moreWorld Free Zones Organization
Latest News
July 16, 2026
Budget changes are hurting many they were designed to help
Many people are caught in the costly slipstream of financial changes.
Read moreDebt and red tape cripple industry and wealth creation
Our national debt is projected by Treasury to exceed $1 trillion this year. We are all responsible for the interest on that debt and the Treasurer admits there will be deficits and increasing debt well into the future. Is this a legacy we wish to leave our children? Most of the states are on a similar dangerous trajectory.
Read more