The IMF has also criticised Scott Morrison’s May budget, saying it is trying to narrow the deficit too rapidly.
Social media posts, private school records and immigration data are being used by the ATO to catch tax cheats.
Scott Morrison has labelled Bill Shorten a ‘serial liar’ on controversial reforms.
Scott Morrison is seeking rapid approval for a $3bn tax hike on superannuation by the end of this year.
Backpackers will pay 32.5 per cent tax from January 1 if the Turnbull government cannot solve a Senate impasse.
The Productivity Commission has damned the reform efforts of the past 12 years as the ‘nothing era’.
The BCA has issued a rallying call to its members to publicly back a campaign for more tax transparency.
The failure of tax revenue to meet optimistic predictions has forced the forecast peak in public debt $30bn higher.
The domestic economy appears to be softening, with particular concerns about the strength of the key NSW economy.
Scott Morrison has vowed to end the “welfare creep” that encourages thousands of Australians to avoid getting a job.
Bill Shorten accuses the Coalition of demonising pensioners to distract from their difficulties over welfare.
Federal policy will give incentive funding to states that provide people places to live.
Tim Costello has called for an inheritance tax, arguing the best time to pay tax is when you’re dead.
Thousands of parents claiming government benefits are financially better off not getting a job, new figures show.
Nick Xenophon warns the Treasurer, who is inching towards a deal to stop parental leave “double-dippers’’.
Nick Xenophon has got it wrong on capping a tax cut to $10m turnover companies, says exporter Con Manias.
The system of distributing GST revenue should be changed to reward states that make economic reforms, a NSW minister says.
Scott Morrison has hinted that the states could be given incentive payments to increase the supply of housing.
Current NSW ICAC commissioner, Megan Latham, will be asked to reapply for one of the three new positions.
The IMF has also criticised Scott Morrison’s May budget, saying it is trying to narrow the deficit too rapidly.
Bill Shorten backed himself into a corner on border protection — and his latest claims show he is struggling to find a way out.
Police have arrested a Sydney man who allegedly travelled to the conflict zone in Syria three years ago.
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton hit out at Bill Shorten over lifetime visa ban legislation and refugee resettlement deal.
Malcolm Turnbull uses $1.5bn road funding announcement to attack Labor’s links with the militant construction union.
Josh Frydenberg says it would be difficult for Donald Trump to overturn measures in place to reduce carbon emissions.
Kimbley Kitching claims unions inquiry recommended criminal charges against her because it wanted “bang for its buck”.
Lendlease has agreed to new wage deals with the CFMEU that deliver more than 20 per cent in pay rises over four years.
The remaining complainants against a provocative Bill Leak cartoon say they plan to withdraw from legal action.
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