Business calls for tax reform as opposition slams Victorian government’s ‘pathetic’ economic growth plan

Business calls for tax reform as opposition slams Victorian government’s ‘pathetic’ economic growth plan

Victoria’s promised economic growth statement,designed to drive economic growth,is not expected to include tax reform. Business and the opposition want more.

  • byRachel Eddie andKieran Rooney

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The secret report showing how Victorian businesses are being stifled

The secret report showing how Victorian businesses are being stifled

Taxes,licences and permits are weighing down businesses in Victoria more than in other states,a secret government report has revealed.

  • byAnnika Smethurst andKieran Rooney
‘Tough times’:How cost of living pain is hurting Sydney chocolate maker
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‘Tough times’:How cost of living pain is hurting Sydney chocolate maker

Economic headwinds across the city and state are adding to pressures on the NSW budget.

  • byMatt Wade
Tax cuts buoy shoppers,but businesses start to feel interest rate pinch

Tax cuts buoy shoppers,but businesses start to feel interest rate pinch

Consumer confidence has climbed sharply,thanks partly to the Albanese government’s revamped tax cuts. But new figures show businesses are starting to struggle.

  • byShane Wright
Hong Kong’s role as the gateway to China faces a new threat

Hong Kong’s role as the gateway to China faces a new threat

Proposed new national security laws unveiled this week are likely to have the same chilling effect on investment and activity as the counter-espionage rules that mainland China introduced last year.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Business lobby warns Australia risks falling behind as US mounts green revolution
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Business lobby warns Australia risks falling behind as US mounts green revolution

Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott says Joe Biden’s historic climate change bill has changed the economic landscape and Australia must now act.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
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How one rate pause inflated consumer sentiment

How one rate pause inflated consumer sentiment

Buckle up for the consumer confidence roller coaster.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Tougher economic times ahead,no matter who wins the NSW election
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NSW Votes

Tougher economic times ahead,no matter who wins the NSW election

Deteriorating economic conditions have cast a shadow over the March 25 state election – and whoever wins will confront a raft of financial challenges.

  • byMatt Wade
‘It feels like we’re on a perpetual trampoline’:Gloom descends on businesses
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‘It feels like we’re on a perpetual trampoline’:Gloom descends on businesses

More than one in five NSW businesses plan to shed staff in coming months as business confidence falls ahead of this month’s state election.

  • byMatt Wade
Why the world’s chief executives are so anxious
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Why the world’s chief executives are so anxious

Anxiety about the viability of their businesses has reached a peak not seen since the global financial crisis when the sustainability of the financial system was in question.

  • byElizabeth Knight
‘Short,sharp disruption’:Business leaders look beyond China COVID outbreak
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‘Short,sharp disruption’:Business leaders look beyond China COVID outbreak

KPMG chairman Alison Kitchen believes China’s latest outbreak,the scale and severity of which is not known,will not create new problems for local retailers.

  • byJessica Yun