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Given the prime minister has now guaranteed WA's GST arrangements won't change, where does this debate go from here? My research suggests an alternative way to tackle the problem.
Anthony Albanese insists there will be no retreat from his promise that Western Australia's over-generous slice of the GST will remain intact as long as…
Recent polls give Labor encouragement by suggesting their May budget changes are becoming more popular.
Anthony Albanese will outline to national cabinet on Wednesday proposed national legislation for conditions and guardrails around datacentres - but faces a fight with Queensland.
It has been a year since the federal government convened its economic reform roundtable - the culmination of a process that flung the doors open…
If you're not from Western Australia, the byelection in the state seat of Secret Harbour is unlikely to have been on your radar. But Labor,…
What would happen if we slashed the tax on tobacco in Australia? Could it curb the illegal market? Or just cost the economy?
The 2018 "reforms" were bad policy. The sooner they are unwound the better.
A WA by-election that should have been a golden chance for the Liberal Party is instead shaping up as another gift to Labor, courtesy of…
Ask most people what is hurting business in 2026 and they will point to interest rates, or petrol, or wages. Bouris says the heavier drag...