Senator Claire McCaskill and Donald Trump at a recent Senate Finance Committee meeting.

US healthcare fight merged with tax reform

Senate Republicans have decided to include the repeal of the Affordable Care Act's requirement that most people have health insurance into the sprawling tax rewrite.

SA dumps bank tax

SA Premier Jay Weatherill and his Treasurer have dumped their controversial state-based bank tax and promised not to try and revive it.

Court closed in Plutus tax fraud case

A proceeds-of-crime case against Adam Cranston and others is being heard in closed court after his lawyers argued an open hearing could jeop...

Where the same sex vote was won and lost

High profile No campaigners including Tony Abbott failed to sway their own local constituents, who have backed legalising same-sex marriage ...