Chalmers’ $900m carrot to convince states to rip up red tape

Chalmers’ $900m carrot to convince states to rip up red tape

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will unveil plans,mirroring reforms used by Paul Keating and John Howard,to get the economy running faster and cheaper.

  • byShane Wright

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Multitasking is impossible. Here’s how to actually get things done

Multitasking is impossible. Here’s how to actually get things done

No,you’re not good at multitasking. Here’s what experts recommend instead.

  • byShona Hendley
The rest of the world is cutting interest rates,so why aren’t we?

The rest of the world is cutting interest rates,so why aren’t we?

The latest national accounts show an economy on the edge of a recession. Don’t blame the Reserve Bank – it’s responding to the symptoms of a problem long in the making.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
How GPT (not that one) could be a painless fix for our inflation problem

How GPT (not that one) could be a painless fix for our inflation problem

I asked ChatGPT what its chances were of improving productivity in Australia – if it was a betting man. Here’s what it said.

  • byMillie Muroi
Australians pay the price for CFMEU tactics,figures show
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Australians pay the price for CFMEU tactics,figures show

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has turned the dispute over the CFMEU into a political test over the cost of living,claiming the union has added 30 per cent to the cost of major projects.

  • byDavid Crowe andAngus Thompson
‘There’s no benefit’:Call to cut back daylight saving in NSW

‘There’s no benefit’:Call to cut back daylight saving in NSW

NSW should knock two months off daylight saving and let it run from November to March because post-pandemic work habits have largely made it redundant,critics say.

  • byCatherine Naylor
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The job advert has been seen thousands of times. But no one has applied

The job advert has been seen thousands of times. But no one has applied

A rewarding job in a stunning region is going begging despite the best efforts of the community to fill it.

  • byCatherine Naylor
Why ‘green dot’-obsessed managers are ruining remote work
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Opinion

Why ‘green dot’-obsessed managers are ruining remote work

Workers once hid behind pot plants and pillars to avoid their bosses’ roving eyes. These days,the ever-present “green dot” is making it much harder.

  • byJim Bright
Is a Future Made in Australia a good idea or a bad one? Maybe a bit of both
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Is a Future Made in Australia a good idea or a bad one? Maybe a bit of both

Why would Anthony Albanese and his smart economists,Jim Chalmers and Chris Bowen,want to reverse the bipartisan policy of the past 40 years and take us back to the future?

  • byRoss Gittins
It’s not perfect,but here’s why our health system is one of the best
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It’s not perfect,but here’s why our health system is one of the best

Australians pay among the lowest taxes of all developed nations and what’s more,when it comes to healthcare,we’re getting excellent value for money.

  • byRoss Gittins
The pandemic pumped up productivity. Then the bubble burst
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Opinion

The pandemic pumped up productivity. Then the bubble burst

Here’s how we’re tracking now,and why putting in more work isn’t the answer.

  • byMillie Muroi