The Latest Breaking News from Steven Kennedy

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.

The Conversation · May 23, 2023

Angus Taylor signals Coalition may reject Labor changes to petroleum resource rent tax

Move may mean government must deal with Greens to pass PRRT reforms as shadow treasurer warns against gas industry’s ‘death by a thousand cuts’

The Guardian - AU · May 17, 2023

More light and less heat would be appreciated at Philip Lowe’s next grilling on Friday

Lost in the questioning from hostile senators was much insight into why the Reserve Bank wants to keep raising rates

The Guardian - AU · Feb 15, 2023

Treasury backs energy market intervention

A senior bureaucrat says there's a strong case for intervening in the energy market as the war in Ukraine has caused prices to reach unprecedented highs.

AAP · Nov 8, 2022

Energy boom behind major profits: Treasury

Treasury officials have been grilled about the drivers behind inflation and confirmed external supply side shocks as the chief cause.

AAP · Nov 7, 2022

New images show what it will be like to sit and watch a show at Bristol's arena

More details have been revealed about the long-awaited arena

Bristol Post · Jul 22, 2022

Michael Pascoe: Australian official briefed foreign power against RBA

While all eyes were on the Reserve Bank on Tuesday, an extraordinary story in the weekend press seems to have slipped by without notice.

The New Daily · Jul 5, 2022

Treasury staff given small gifts of textbooks, macarons and champagne, documents reveal

A list of gifts received by federal Treasury staff show you don't go into public service to be lavished with exciting presents and riches.

ABC News · Jun 16, 2022

Grattan on Friday: If the Albanese government did what really needs to be done, it would be a very big target

Usually the speeches of treasury secretaries are relatively bland, echoes of their political masters. But an address this week from Steven Kennedy was something quite different.

The Conversation · Jun 9, 2022

OECD slashes global growth forecasts, urges Australia to keep shifting to renewable energy as Ukraine war continues

The OECD says the war in Ukraine is a humanitarian disaster, and the economic shock will make inflation higher and more persistent

ABC News · Jun 8, 2022