Politics
Federal
Politics Live: Competing tax plans to be at centre of "super Saturday" byelections
A "super Saturday" of five byelections looms, with Labor framing them as a referendum on the government's company tax cuts.
- by Fergus Hunter
Latest
Pollies resist push for citizenship referendum
Political candidates need to sort out their eligibility ahead of the next election, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says.
Citizenship crisis
Government and opposition resist push for referendum on citizenship
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called on political candidates to sort out their eligibility ahead of the next election.
- by Fergus Hunter
Ex-Rudd advisor Gorman to stand in Perth as byelection bonanza looms
Patrick Gorman was credited with orchestrating the Labor party's sweeping victory in WA last year.
- by Latika Bourke
Opinion
Public service
A predictable 'top-down sameness' to significant public service review
The recently announced review of the federal public service deserves considerable attention, yet it is one which is often over-looked in serious public debate.
- by John Warhurst
Income tax
$17.8b a year: The cost of the Turnbull government's personal tax cuts
The Turnbull government's personal income tax cuts will cost at least $20 billion a year, the biggest tax revenue hit in Australian history.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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Best of Fairfax cartoons May 10, 2018
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Federal budget
Turnbull government budget to face unprecedented voter test during impending byelections
A clash over fairness threatens to derail the Turnbull government’s sweeping income tax plan.
- by David Crowe
Opinion
Federal budget
Welcome to the weirdest collection of tax cuts on record
Has there ever been a more weird collection of tax cuts? Some of them won't even be paid out until way after the end of each financial year.
- by Peter Martin
Analysis
Income tax
A defeat in Parliament on income tax cuts could be just what Malcolm Turnbull needs
Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison look like they want a fight over tax cuts more than they want the tax cuts themselves.
- by David Crowe