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Treasurer Scott Morrison is expected to address the latest figures on Wednesday morning.

Australia breaks GDP record

Australia has broken the record for the longest run of uninterrupted growth in the developed world, figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics have revealed.

AdCorp has placed federal government recruitment ads since 2009.

Job ads rise for third straight month

Job advertisements rose for a third straight month in May, a promising sign for continued labour demand even as official figures on employment remain patchy.

Stubbornly low wages are a broader problem.

When profits eat wages we all pay the price

It's too early to be sure, but not too early to suspect that, if we and the other developed economies keep travelling the way we are, conventional wisdom about what constitutes good economic policy may soon need to be turned on its head.

Another budget black hole? Australia's carbon policy is in dire need of attention.

Man up, Malcolm, fill the budget's other big black hole

The obvious major missing ingredient in Scott Morrison's 'backflip' budget was the lack of actual tax reform - but there is another glaring black hole. Turnbull's leadership remains weak as long as he's unable to convince his backbenchers that it's OK to come out from under the lump of coal now, that we can move on from Abbott's whatever-it-takes.

Tax commissioner Chris Jordan: "The systems did work, no access was gained. It was a tax crime covert operation on our ...

Man who audits the tax office may review ATO

Tax commissioner Chris Jordan has announced an internal review of the Tax Office's policies and procedures following news that one of its highest ranking officers, Michael Cranston, allegedly abused his position as a public official.

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