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Rising inflation tests RBA’s ‘limited tolerance’
More rate rises could be needed, as soon as August, after Reserve Bank noted rising inflation “increased the risk” rates would not rein in CPI as quick as forecast.
- 47 mins ago
- Ronald Mizen
Queensland mulls expansion of stamp duty discounts in tax shake-up
Expanding stamp-duty concessions and overhauling land tax in Queensland will be considered as part of a new tax shake-up.
- James Hall
- Exclusive
- AUKUS
‘A cruel joke’: Why AUKUS might leave Australia stranded
A group of defence experts says that the Albanese government is on course for a financial and strategic AUKUS disaster, in the final part of an exclusive series.
- James Curran
- Investigation
- AUKUS
Morrison’s ‘longest night’: Inside the making of AUKUS
The military agreement is a mess and risks leaving Australia with no submarine capability at all by the late 2030s. The cloak of secrecy that secured the deal could now be its undoing.
- James Curran
Super giant seeks tech stock ‘second wave’ after delivering 11.3pc
Rising tech stocks helped land an 11.3 per cent return for Australian Retirement Trust superannuation members, but unlisted property was still a drag.
- Hannah Wootton
Why people with cancer don’t get the full benefit of clinical trials
Australian researchers say regulators should mandate the requirement to share data.
- Jill Margo
Opinion & Analysis
Central banks have done their job. Now others must do theirs
Central bank independence from governments has proved its worth yet again. But it is politicians who now have to step up reforms that cannot be put off.
Central banker
On AUKUS, Australia must catch up, not start again – yet again
Australia’s political, diplomatic and defence chiefs need to work with AUKUS counterparts in America and Britain to find a way through the gridlock.
Editorial
AUKUS ‘moonshot’ may be a tragically expensive failure
It is alarming that both Coalition and Labor politicians fail to acknowledge the risk that Australia could be left with no submarine capability by the end of the 2030s.
International editor
The public sector is the key to Australia’s productivity puzzle
There is some cause for cautious optimism for increased productivity in the healthcare sector if outcomes can be more accurately measured and assessed.
Productivity Commission deputy chair
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- Monetary policy
Central banks have done their job. Now others must do theirs
Central bank independence from governments has proved its worth yet again. But it is politicians who now have to step up reforms that cannot be put off.
- Augustin Carstens
- Opinion
- The AFR View
On AUKUS, Australia must catch up, not start again – yet again
Australia’s political, diplomatic and defence chiefs need to work with AUKUS counterparts in America and Britain to find a way through the gridlock.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- AUKUS
AUKUS ‘moonshot’ may be a tragically expensive failure
It is alarming that both Coalition and Labor politicians fail to acknowledge the risk that Australia could be left with no submarine capability by the end of the 2030s.
- James Curran
Yesterday
- Opinion
- Australian economy
The public sector is the key to Australia’s productivity puzzle
There is some cause for cautious optimism for increased productivity in the healthcare sector if outcomes can be more accurately measured and assessed.
- Alex Robson
- Opinion
- Nuclear energy
There is a respectable economic argument for nationalised nuclear
The bottom line is that there are sound public choice arguments for the government to build and own nuclear power plants.
- Sinclair Davidson
June
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Chalmers’ ANZ-Suncorp merger approval is ironic for bank competition
The whole drawn-out process could end up discouraging market dynamism by offering no way out to the smaller banks lacking the economies of scale to compete effectively.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Australian economy
RBA’s new Englishman tells Aussies: you’ve forgotten how rich you are
If Australians don’t appreciate their fortune, as Andrew Hauser correctly points out, they may not be well placed to preserve it.
- Michael Stutchbury
Businesses failing to weigh wider risks
Readers’ letters on the need for boards to consider risks beyond their organisation; the links between gambling and sport; and the fight against inflation.
- Opinion
- Emissions
Better carrot and stick provides investment certainty for carbon cuts
The climate safeguard mechanism for large emitting facilities means reaching the 43pc emissions reduction target by 2030 is certainly “doable”.
- Kerry Schott
- Opinion
- UK
Will Keir Starmer go wobbly on AUKUS?
The fantasy of a post-Brexit “global Britain” is gone, but British Labour says it will be everywhere around the world, and all at once.
- James Curran
Fed’s favoured inflation metric slows, supporting case for cut
The so-called core personal consumption expenditures price index, which strips out volatile food and energy items, increased 0.1 per cent from the prior month.
- Augusta Saraiva
- Exclusive
- Australian economy
Recession a 50-50 chance if RBA raises rates: economists
As many as 100,000 Australians could lose their jobs in an inflation-driven recession likely to coincide with the federal election.
- Aaron Patrick
Ten properties and counting: meet Australia’s ‘super investors’
There is a hardcore cohort of 20,000 Australians who own six or more investment properties, according to AFR Weekend analysis of annual Tax Office data.
- Michael Read
- Analysis
- Interest rates
How the RBA’s big interest rate experiment exposes Labor
The moment of truth to test Australian exceptionalism is about to arrive. Persistent local inflation suggests the strategy is coming under pressure and may be about to come unstuck.
- John Kehoe
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- Ausgrid
Distributors can drive lower-cost transition
Electricity distributors can help deliver a lower cost, more socially equitable transition.
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- Disability
NDIS to cost $100b, exceeding the pension: budget watchdog
The NDIS is on track to overtake the age pension as the most expensive area of spending within three years if it remains stuck on its current trajectory.
- Michael Read
- Opinion
- China relations
We must consider imposing non-military costs on China
We are failing to deter China from committing increasingly frequent acts of aggression and intimidation against Taiwan.
- John Lee
RBA deputy talks up renewable energy potential
RBA deputy Andrew Hauser has talked up Australia’s potential to be a world leader in solar, as the nation debates the best energy mix to achieve net zero.
- Updated
- John Kehoe and Joanne Tran
Multiple interest rate rises needed to quash inflation
The hawkish warnings from economists came as the share of borrowers falling behind on repaying their home loan has risen to the highest level in five years.
- John Kehoe
August rate rise could eat up a chunk of your stage three tax cuts
With markets pricing a one-in-three chance of an August rate rise, borrowers may not enjoy the full benefit of the stage three tax cuts that start on July 1.
- Michael Read
