Banks warned tax rate could rise
Treasury tells banks the new tax must hit an annual revenue target of $1.5b, meaning any carve-outs will have to be recouped through a higher rate than proposed.
Labor push for 49.5pc top tax hit
Labor wants to slug high income earners a top marginal tax rate of almost 50 per cent to fully fund the NDIS.
Waking up in the new land of the middle ground
A Coalition Treasurer who picks a fight with the banks and battles to fund social spending means that the world has changed this week.
China plays down OBOR's strategic drivers
China is being cautious with semantics as it hosts 28 country leaders and dozens more ministers and government officials at a grand summit to promote its grand infrastructure vision.
Cut car emissions and you don't need an EIS: Report
Australia could reach its 2030 carbon reduction targets without an emissions trading scheme through bigger cuts to vehicle emissions.
Xi and Moon Jae-in discuss North Korea
Xi told Moon that China has always upheld the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula and that the nuclear issue should be resolved through talks.
Macquarie wins Endeavour auction
The NSW government has wrapped up its "poles and wires" privatisation with the sale of a majority stake in Endeavour Energy to a Macquarie-led consortium.
4pc deficit levy needed to support NDIS
The deficit levy on the wealthy would have to double to collect the same revenue from a small increase in the Medicare levy.
NSW and Vic gang up for $6b Snowy Hydro sale
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says she will work with Daniel Andrews in Victoria to get the best deal out of the federal government.
Trump sounds out Comey replacements
The Trump administration began its search for a replacement for ousted FBI Director James Comey while fending off questions about his sudden...
Trump's festering anger at Comey
By the end, neither of them thought much of the other. The president, Comey told associates, was "outside the realm of normal," even "crazy....
