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Fears over higher income taxes are unwarranted.
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Income tax

Motivation for tax cuts always more political than economic

Scott Morrison says 'it's economics 101' that higher taxes under Labor would be bad for the economy: Sorry, don’t think so.

  • by Ross Gittins
Managing director of Facebook Australia Will Easton at the company's new office in Sydney's Barangaroo.
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Media & marketing

15 years of Facebook: has it made the world, and Australia, a better place?

  • by Jennifer Duke & John McDuling
Stephen Anthony from Industry Super Australia.
Australian Economy

A year on, few predicted house prices would fall this fast

  • by Eryk Bagshaw
investors are short selling bank stocks
Opinion
Big four

The big short: more drama for banks

  • by Elizabeth Knight
Business Scope economists are split on where the Reserve Bank will take interest rates this year
GDP

Experts fear state of economy in election year

  • by Shane Wright
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The economy

Prime Minister Scott Morrison gave wage growth a brief mention in his economic speech.
Opinion
Industrial relations

Hey pollies: weak wage growth won't fix itself

The economy’s prospects are threatened by continuing weakness in wage growth but the two sides contesting the May federal election have little desire to talk about it.

  • by Ross Gittins
Business Scope economists are split on where the Reserve Bank will take interest rates this year
GDP

Experts fear state of economy in election year

Scope economists' forecasts, unswayed by the claims of Liberal and Labor, don't paint a promising picture.

  • by Shane Wright
The US-China trade war continues to cast a shadow over world markets.
Cost of living

'2019 could turn out to be a bumpy ride for everyone', say economists

  • by Eryk Bagshaw
House values are falling as more properties stay on the market for longer, possibly pulling down the overall economy
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Property prices

Tumbling house prices top concern for the economy, say experts

  • by Shane Wright
Stephen Anthony from Industry Super Australia.
Australian Economy

A year on, few predicted house prices would fall this fast

  • by Eryk Bagshaw
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Markets

Australian shares have enjoyed a strong start to 2019.
World markets

Banking royal commission likely to impact share market

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Commodities

Dozens of coal, iron ore freighters stuck off China ports amid customs delays

  • by Henning Gloystein & Muyu Xu
Commodities

ASX heads into reporting season on a subdued note

  • by Vesna Poljak

Companies

Out: Josh Hazlewood will miss the Test series against Sri Lanka.
Opinion
Media & marketing

Cricket probably won't deliver the KO ( or 'Kayo') Foxtel desperately needs

  • by John McDuling
Media & marketing

Facebook's Will Easton offers olive branch to media, but publishers remain wary

  • by Jennifer Duke & John McDuling
Media & marketing

'Multi-million dollar thought bubble': TV industry criticises PM's Pacific Islands plan

  • by Jennifer Duke

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Banking & finance

CBA chief executive Matt Comyn will deliver the bank's half-year profits on Wednesday.
Banking royal commission

CBA's $4.9b profit to show royal commission scars

  • by Clancy Yeates
The banks are facing another financial headache ahead of the royal commission final report.
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Interest rates

Local banks hit as JPMorgan settles rate rigging class action

  • by Sarah Danckert
Former Reserve Bank of Australia board member and former Woolworths managing director Roger Corbett.
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Banking royal commission

Business heavy-hitters warn against panic over Hayne

  • by Sarah Danckert & Clancy Yeates
ASIC had alleged the adviser knew he was not entitled to the payments.
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Financial planners

ASIC life ban overturned after AAT find key arguments not raised

  • by David Estcourt
Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees CEO Eva Scheerlinck says regulators are not tasked with gauging fair value to members.
Superannuation

APRA urged to establish new data reporting framework

  • by Stephen Miles
investors are short selling bank stocks
Opinion
Big four

The big short: more drama for banks

  • by Elizabeth Knight
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Small business

Rien Low with his sister Brooke and mother Jenny, who had to battle Suncorp Bank.
Banking royal commission

'How stupid can you be': Bank sends letter to dead father of royal commission witness

Suncorp has delivered a final insult to a banking royal commission witness just before the commission's final report is set to be published.

  • by Cara Waters
Co-founder of Code Camp Hayley Markham is running one part of her team from Sydney while her co-founders head up UK and US operations.
Startups

24/7: The start-ups where someone's on deck day and night

As more start-ups work across continents, there's one challenge no tech can fix – time zones.

  • by Emma Koehn
Sean Dollinger, chief executive and co-founder of Namaste Technologies.
Entrepreneur

'Green wave': Businesses look to medicinal cannabis

  • by Cara Waters
Apollo Capital chief investment office Henrik Andersson says Australia might be slow to have clear policies on cryptocurrencies, but it's not too late.
Startups

Regulators have 'missed the boat' on ICO rules, experts warn

  • by Emma Koehn
Music played in shopping centres, venues and workplaces is subject to copyright payments facilitated by APRA.
Opinion
Small business

A law unto themselves: Shadow regulators must be reviewed

  • by Peter Strong

Consumer affairs

A regulated default price, as proposed by the government, could slash power bills in NSW and Victoria by more than a third.
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Energy

Power bills could drop by a third under a regulated electricity price

  • by Cole Latimer
Investigation
Disability

Penny-pinching, raking in huge fees: public trustees under scrutiny

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Australian Human Rights Commission

'Progress is incredibly slow': Australia lagging on disability rights

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Workplace

Aurizon says a QCA draft decision makes "no commercial sense".
Industrial relations

Aurizon staff plan rolling stoppages to disrupt coal rail transport

  • by Anna Patty
Careers

A violin maker who puts his heart into an old-fashioned craft

  • by Anna Patty
Opinion
Industrial relations

How Australia strayed from a fair go to record inequality

  • by Sally McManus

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