Turnbull says no plan to raise taxes in budget 2017
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has slammed the door shut on any increases to tax in the May budget.
Heath Aston is a federal political correspondent. Most recently Heath was the state political editor for the Sun-Herald. Before joining the NSW press gallery he worked for newspapers in Sydney and London.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has slammed the door shut on any increases to tax in the May budget.
The NSW government will investigate the $300 million digital wagering deal struck by ClubsNSW with James Packer's online betting business CrownBet.
Multinational fossil fuel companies exploiting liquefied natural gas in Australia have built up a further $50 billion in tax credits over the past financial year, further delaying any meaningful royalty payments from the massive export sector.
One of the largest RSL clubs in NSW is under fire for offering loyalty incentives to patrons who gamble up to $300,000 a year on its poker machines.
Maverick government MP George Christensen has defended his attendance at a controversial anti-Islam function in Melbourne, saying he was there to push back against the "erosion of free speech" in Australia.
The federal government could reap an extra $6 billion in tax revenue over the four-year budget horizon if liquefied natural gas projects operating in federal waters are brought under a simple royalty scheme that already applies to competing gas projects in Australia.
Besieged leaders will use members' funds to finance a costly legal fightback against allegations they allowed financial abuse to occur under their watch.
Executive pay packets at Australia's biggest private health insurers have soared at the same time as consumers have endured a succession of above-inflation annual increases in the price of health cover.
Banks continued to donate to Labor despite the party's pursuit of a royal commission but the big four continued a tradition of giving more funds to the Coalition.
Two National Party MPs have racked up a combined bill of $200,000 chartering private flights to and from their electorates to attend sessions of Parliament in Canberra since the change of government.
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