Once again, the startup sector is pushing back hard against mooted tax changes it says would hit founders and employees paid in equity.
Australian politics
AI’s biggest productivity gains may come not from moonshots, but from helping small businesses save time, cut waste and compete.
The government has unveiled a $10 billion fuel support package as Treasurer Jim Chalmers dismisses spending warnings from the Reserve Bank.
Australia deserves a fair return from gas, but PRRT reform would do more than a blunt export tax to protect supply and investment.
All eyes are on next Tuesday’s federal budget. But if the Middle East war drags on, Jim Chalmers may have to go back to the drawing board.
Sanae Takaichi leaves Canberra with short-term assurances over energy supply. But her visit may have significant implications in a dangerous region.
Fewer than half of Australians now trust our public institutions, according to new DemosAU polling that shows politics and media under pressure.
Australians increasingly do not trust their institutions. The Reserve Bank is bucking that trend.
The gaming giant has rejected government plans to curb R&D tax breaks for gambling and tobacco companies.
The housing industry wants more skilled migrants to ease a 141,000-worker construction shortage. But the red-hot politics of immigration stands in the way.
Labor’s Budget rhetoric has pivoted from productivity to resilience as inflation rises and the government does its very best to dodge the blame.
The US President has long chafed against foreign efforts to regulate the American tech sector, which is deeply intertwined with his administration.
The industry minister has described the push for cuts to immigration as “divorced from reality” as businesses in regional areas increasingly fear skills shortages.
Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’, Sanae Takaichi, will soon visit Australia, bringing a superpower dilemma that closely resembles Anthony Albanese’s.
Eight months into his CIO role at the super fund, Michael Clancy divulges his thoughts on regulation, leading the investment team and how AI has changed his job.
Superannuation factions have traded blows over moral hazard and ‘anti-competitive’ measures.
The Health Minister’s nonstop interviews suggest Labor knows its NDIS overhaul carries real political danger, despite Coalition support.
The Victorian MP says there’s a ‘significant degree of creativity’ in the government’s efforts to crack down on the illicit tobacco trade.
Health Minister Mark Butler delivered a brutally honest assessment of the NDIS, warning the scheme has become a honeypot for “shonks, grifters, fraudsters and crooks”.
