An interest-rate cut seems like a positive start for a government heading into an election campaign – that is not how many voters are responding to the Reserve Bank’s decision.
As Donald Trump threatens even the closest allies with tariffs, Trade Minister Don Farrell prepares to argue the case for exempting Australia – and America’s biggest rival, China.
As the government moved this week to kill off its own environmental reform, there is anger and disappointment within Labor’s ranks over the sacrifice to economic interests.
Economists including former Reserve Bank governor Bernie Fraser are increasingly convinced there are more effective tools than interest rates to fight inflation – but what are they?
By insisting that Australia’s housing crisis is all about supply, governments are ignoring the decades-long trend of shrinking households, which is also contributing to social isolation.
His Liberal Party colleagues describe Angus Taylor as a gifted strategist with strong economic qualifications and driving ambition, but some fear he lacks cut-through in the political match-up with Jim Chalmers.
The final report into misconduct at PwC and the other Big Four consultancies has recommended 40 changes that would fundamentally alter the way these firms operate.
