Government targets unfair competition to get economy moving
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Competition

Government targets unfair competition to get economy moving

The federal government is considering bringing in tough laws to target unfair trading practices in a bid to get the economy growing faster.

  • byShane Wright

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How a tweak in an overdue notice prompted a 40 per cent jump in paying back taxes
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How a tweak in an overdue notice prompted a 40 per cent jump in paying back taxes

Millions of Australians are tardy with their tax returns. An ATO experiment found changing one sentence could prompt people to pay their tax bills.

  • byShane Wright
Charity watchdog investigating Hillsong over fraud and tax evasion claims

Charity watchdog investigating Hillsong over fraud and tax evasion claims

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie used parliamentary privilege to claim financial records and documents show misuse of church funds.

  • byRachael Ward
Non-compete job clauses might be stifling wage growth
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Wage growth

Non-compete job clauses might be stifling wage growth

Competition Minister Andrew Leigh says businesses getting employees to sign away their rights to switch jobs for better pay might be a factor in stifling wages.

  • byShane Wright
The companies that made the most money – and paid the most tax

The companies that made the most money – and paid the most tax

Ten companies paid more than $33 billion in corporate income tax in 2020-2021,but more than 30 per cent of the top-earning companies paid none.

  • byRachel Clun andColin Kruger
Policing,not crime is behind swelling prisons – and it’s costing billions:MP

Policing,not crime is behind swelling prisons – and it’s costing billions:MP

Labor MP Andrew Leigh will make a financial case to reduce the country’s growing prison rates,a trend he says has more to do with stricter policing and sentencing than crime.

  • byAngus Thompson
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A zippier economy:Competition reform back on government agenda
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Competition

A zippier economy:Competition reform back on government agenda

Andrew Leigh will use a speech to signal new competition reform,canvassing competition payments to the states and an overhaul of occupational licensing.

  • byShane Wright
Chalmers sniffs the breeze on tax cut changes,with PM’s imprimatur
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Tax cuts

Chalmers sniffs the breeze on tax cut changes,with PM’s imprimatur

Only weeks ago,the treasurer insisted this was not the time to discuss the looming stage three tax cuts. Now he’s deliberately letting the talk run.

  • byMichelle Grattan
Multinational tax avoidance a threat to budget bottom line:Leigh
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Company tax

Multinational tax avoidance a threat to budget bottom line:Leigh

Assistant Treasury Minister Andrew Leigh says ensuring multinational and large businesses pay their fair share of tax is pivotal to funding services to ordinary voters.

  • byShane Wright
King Charles III not guaranteed to be on $5 note:assistant minister

King Charles III not guaranteed to be on $5 note:assistant minister

Coins bearing the effigy of King Charles will start entering circulation next year,but Andrew Leigh says swapping the Queen for the King on the $5 note is not a given.

  • byRachel Clun
Labor nod to fossil fuels is betrayal of voter trust
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Letters

Labor nod to fossil fuels is betrayal of voter trust

It’s not only the crossbench that will be angered by Labor allowing offshore oil and gas exploration. This announcement will restart the climate wars.