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Chalmers trumpets new employment growth numbers

Australia is outperforming major advanced economies on employment growth, with more people – and women – working than ever before.

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Gas code promises secure supply at 'reasonable' prices

A code of conduct will be imposed on gas producers to avert future price shocks for consumers but the industry fears it could stymie investment in new supply.

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Michael Pascoe: In defence of the RBA (no, seriously)

The RBA and whoever happens to be in government right now want unemployment up above 4 per cent to 4.25 or 4.5 per cent.

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Madonna King: Listen up Albo, the Voice coming out of the suburbs is all about the cost of living

The impacts of cost of living on voters should give our economic decision makers pause, and with good reason, writes Madonna King.

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Grattan on Friday: Labor caught in pincer movement of fighting inflation and delivering to its constituency

During the election campaign Anthony Albanese repeated, endlessly, that everything was going up except people’s wages.

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Treasurer signs off on cheques with reforms to the way we pay

Jim Chalmers has announced changes are on the way for Australia's payments system, with cheques and direct debits among the most major.

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Afternoon Update: Lowe says struggling Australians could work more; Fraser Island renamed K’gari; and the origins of masturbation

RBA governor warns against idea that all workers’ wages should rise in line with inflation

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Interest rates blame game continues – as it happened

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Australian economy grew 0.2% in first three months of the year, the slowest since Covid lockdowns

Jim Chalmers says higher interest rates and cost-of-living pressures are squeezing household budgets and slowing the economy

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Michael Pascoe: Is the RBA acting out of spite or just lost the plot?

Passing without notice in April, the Reserve Bank pulled a neat little trick, apparently making multiple billions of dollars in losses “disappear”. I’ve

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Death of the cheque by 2030 as Australia embraces digital payment reforms

Jim Chalmers says phasing out will be ‘gradual, coordinated and inclusive’ as he announces modernisation plan

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Why Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe wants to damage the economy further

Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe and his board have pushed up interest rates yet again – for the twelfth time in 14 months – because they want to damage the economy further.

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‘Difficult to understand’: Mortgage bills to rise again as RBA hikes interest rates in June

Australian households will be forced to endure a 12th hike in interest rates after the Reserve Bank moved to push up mortgage bills in June.

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Afternoon Update: Kathleen Folbigg dubbed ‘our Lindy Chamberlain’; Jacinda Ardern becomes a dame; and Barbie film drains world of pink paint

An inquiry heard that Folbigg and her two daughters had rare genetic variation and her son may have died from an underlying disorder

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Business groups mount campaign against 'same job, same pay' workplace reforms

Some of Australia's largest employers and small business owners have united to rally against proposed laws that would require labour hire workers doing the same job at the same site to be paid the same as directly employed workers.

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Labor’s ‘same job, same pay’ policy is unfair: Business

Groups representing some of Australia's biggest employers are gathering to oppose the next phase of the federal government's industrial relations reforms.

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Further federal action against PwC on the cards

The treasurer says the government would consider further action against PwC following a police investigation into the tax advice scandal.

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What is the PwC tax scandal? Who is Peter-John Collins? Who knew about it? Why does it matter?

Consulting giant PwC is embroiled in a scandal of its own doing, having used confidential government information to benefit its bottom line. Here's how it happened, and what consequences the firm is facing.

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Qld Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk steps up state investment in wind and solar

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has unveiled plans to greatly increase publicly owned wind and solar farms

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‘Ropeable’: Treasurer says PwC partners will be named ‘in time’

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he is "ropeable" about the PwC tax scandal and that the names of those involved will be made public "in time".

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers says naming of PwC partners placed on leave will happen 'in time'

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the naming of partners at consulting giant PwC involved in misusing confidential government information will happen "in time".

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Electricity prices to rise by up to a quarter in parts of Australia after energy regulator issues market default decision

Australian Energy Regulator says power bills would have gone up twice as fast without government intervention

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About 300,000 Victorians who use negative gearing could claim land tax hikes as deductions

Premier says levy is ‘tax deductible’ as ATO says 304,942 Victorians used negative gearing in 2019/20

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Will Jim Chalmers' budget drive up inflation? Not likely – and here's why

The proposition that cutting prices will stoke inflation is a hard one to get your head around, even if you are an economist.

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Consumer confidence edges up but low mood prevails

Consumers are feeling a touch more optimistic about their personal finances, with the jobless rate low and pay packets rising.

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