Budget to cut company taxes
Company tax cuts will be Treasurer Scott Morrison's priority in the federal budget, forcing salary earners to wait years for lower taxes.
Can Fox cub twist dad's arm?
Well, well, well. The Fox family got what it wanted after all. Due diligence inspections have been reopened for the sale of the Kidman cattle empire – the bundle of land the size of Ireland.
Bracks and O'Farrell pitch high speed rail to Turnbull
The Sydney to Melbourne high speed rail consortium that pitched to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Thursday was armed with considerable bipartisan political support.
Palaszczuk laws targeting Palmer will hurt others, say miners
Clive Palmer said the Palaszczuk government's moves to spread the costs of environmental clean-ups from failed mining ventures could make banks, shareholders and corporate advisers liable to pick up the tab.
Nobody has a lock on liberalism
The Liberals don't believe in free speech, free markets, civil liberties, or balanced budgets – but they tried to take the Liberal Democrats' name away from the party.
Over-tired ministers go to the quiet room for a think
While the government flails about looking for tax cuts that no-one is demanding, Labor has taken the chance to set out its policy stall.
Effects test to become election battleground
The introduction of new laws to limit the misuse of market power by big business will live or die on who wins the federal election.
Turnbull gets green light for early election
The Senate was on track early on Friday morning to pass laws reforming the Senate voting system, paving the way for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to call an early, double-dissolution election.
Williams stars at the Festival of Howard, part deux
There we were, wondering how Niki Savva would be received at the latest 20 years celebration of John Howard's 1996 election victory. But it was another author who was the star of the night...
Craig Thomson reprimanded for lying
Former Labor MP Craig Thomson faces a reprimand but no other penalty over a 2012 speech in which he was accused of deliberately misleading p...
Baird blesses the Irish, Bishop, Villatora and Falinski
So, yes, we went to the St Patrick's lunch put on by the Lansdowne Club at Luna Park. Qantas CEO Alan Joyce picked up the chairman's award a...
