Morrison cools on super tax change
Treasurer Scott Morrison appears to have put the kybosh on taxing the superannuation earnings of retirees by describing Labor's plans to do so as "greedy" and a betrayal of investors.
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Jobs data a waste of time: former ABS head
The former head of the Australian Bureau of Statistics has accused the organisation of badly bungling the way it collects and analyses its monthly employment survey.
Jobs data expected to remain solid
Economists are expecting flat, but sufficient jobs growth numbers, on Thursday after a run of surprisingly higher than expected growth months.
PM calms tension over water policy
Malcolm Turnbull and cabinet secretary Arthur Sinodinos have brokered a peace deal in which Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce will be given limited control over water.
Alcohol tax causes policy headache
A row over how alcohol is taxed has deepened after a report by the Parliamentary Budget Office revealed the vastly different levies applied to wine, spirits and beer.
Sydney mayor plans bicycle sharing scheme
Sydney lord mayor Clover Moore plans to introduce a bike hire system in Sydney CBD once separated cycleways have been completed.
Australia to avoid US-China navy mission
The Turnbull government has no plans to join any US-led patrol mission to confront China over disputed islands in the South China Sea.
Financial crime taskforce pays for itself
Abuse of trusts, offshore tax avoidance and phoenix activity are the focus of a federal government taskforce into serious financial crime.
CEO cannot recall payments to Shorten union
The head of glass works company ACI has told a royal commission into trade union corruption he did not know about AWU payments.
Rinehart, Wright win court battle against Rio Tinto
Australia's richest woman, Gina Rinehart, and the family of her late father's business partner, Peter Wright, win High Court battle.
