Treasury
PM rejects banks tax push
DAVID CROWE, SIMON BENSON, SARAH MARTINMalcolm Turnbull has rejected a call from some Coalition MPs to drop the big four banks from his company tax cut policy.
Hi-tech bills have bush balance
SAMANTHA HUTCHINSONBush icons the sulphur-crested cockatoo and bramble wattle have received new prominence on the new-look $10 note.
PM takes Abbott down a peg
DAVID CROWEMalcolm Turnbull has moved to quell talk of tax increases while fending off another rebuke from Tony Abbott.
PM’s tax record v Abbott’s
David CroweIn NZ, Malcolm Turnbull hits back at criticism of his budget policies by contrasting his tax cuts with Tony Abbott’s hikes.
Our new tenner’s a bit cocky
Samantha HutchinsonThe sulphur-crested cockatoo and the wattle take centre place with writers on Australia’s new-look $10 note.
Door open on levy hike
SIMON BENSONMalcolm Turnbull has left open lifting the Medicare levy, as the government faces a $13bn budget writedown.
ALP accused of rating ‘dog act’
SARAH MARTINScott Morrison says it would be a ‘dog act’ for Labor to force a downgrading of the country’s AAA credit rating.
Senate squashes travel gold pass
Sarah Martin, Dennis Shanahan, Joe KellyPoliticsNow: Ian Macdonald was the lone voice against the move, invoking Hitler and Stalin in his defence of the perk.
Crossbench grab-bag of gap-fillers
ROSIE LEWIS, RACHEL BAXENDALECrossbench senators have proposed a grab-bag of measures to fill a $13bn funding gap.
‘If you don’t like it, walk away’
Joe Kelly, Rosie LewisPoliticsNow: Pauline Hanson has sent a blunt message to One Nation candidates upset about a preference deal in WA.
Each child to owe $100k by 2020
Adam Creighton, Meredith BoothScott Morrison blasts Labor for ‘intergenerational theft’ that has quadrupled children’s debt burden over a decade.
$13bn hole blown in budget
SIMON BENSON, DAVID CROWEThe government is set to write off more than $13bn in spending cuts with savings still being blocked in the Senate.
Bid to ban gold pass for ex-PMs
ROSIE LEWISLiberal senator Ian Macdonald will ask the Senate to ban ex-prime ministers from receiving free business class flights.
Morrison pressures on savings
SARAH MARTINScott Morrison is pressuring the Senate to pass the government’s omnibus savings bill.
Funding crash as investors leave
Simon BensonTreasury analysis reveals direct foreign investment has already crashed by almost 50 per cent on 2015 levels.
Triple tax hit may floor farmers
Mark SchliebsBCA and NFF have joined forces on behalf of farmers to demand parliament pass the Coalition’s ‘modest’ tax cuts.
IMF distrusts budget repair
Adam CreightonThe International Monetary Fund has cast doubt on the credibility of the government’s budget repair plan.
Labor targets ‘big end of town’
Simon Benson, Adam Creighton, Rosie LewisLabor has hit back at the RBA governor. who torpedoed their claim over company tax cuts.
Gloomy forecast to bite Barnett
ANDREW BURRELLTreasury has warned that growth in Western Australia will be even weaker than forecast.
Labor delaying return to surplus
DAVID URENLabor and the crossbenchers are still blocking savings measures worth $8.4 billion over the next four years.
