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The Henry Review argued changes to negative gearing would need to be offset by increasing housing supply, but this aspect is missing from the Labor proposal.
The RBA has revised regulations on how much merchants can charge for using a credit or debit card which might make the practise more common.
Business Briefing: Zombie measures, crackdowns and Brexit worries
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As the world tries to get a handle on what a Brexit means, D-Day looms for both Labor and the Coalition.
While technology companies have embraced Washington, they haven’t yet embraced political disclosure.
Any sentimental colonial ties should be put aside; Australia’s best trade chance lies with Europe.
It turns out unit pricing really is a handy tool to save money, so why are we still not using it?
Labor’s proposed competition policies are based on incorrect assumptions about market power and fail to address inequality.
Was Malcolm Turnbull right to say that 300,000 new jobs created in the last calendar year, with almost two-thirds held by women?
Australia could stand to benefit from trade with a newly liberated UK.
For an election that is supposed to be based on who will manage the economy better, the debate has been disappointing.
Labor’s policies, costed by the Parliamentary Budget office, pass scrutiny - but like the Coalition, fail the test of real budget repair.
Raghuram Rajan is not the first central bank governor to disappoint the government that appointed him.
Serious problems may loom. And not just from a possible vote from the Brits to leave the European Union.
Social robots have exploded into the market in recent years, but what can they really do?
Australian voters can choose between a youth unemployment policy from the Coalition, seen as a hand out, and the Labor policy which is a hand up.
Behind the sterile debate around the EU referendum is a troubled 40 year relationship.
Research shows that having experienced shareholders that use swing trading on boards is better for business, than the independent directors required by the ASX.
How would each of the major parties better regulate the finance and business sectors?
Value capture is touted as a way to fund infrastructure, but what actually is it?
Younger firms are voicing their support for a new type of long-term stock exchange, seeking investors in it for the long-haul.
A British exit from the European Union will mean short term volatility on global markets, but the longer term outcomes are more uncertain.
Business Briefing: ASIC tries to prevent fintech startups from becoming scammers
ASIC is teaming up with its Singaporean counterpart to encourage more fintech startups and dip its toe into the fast moving waters of the digital economy.
NSW’s no-debt budget comes with a declining share of GST, an issue that must be wrangled with the federal government.
The mantra of propping up manufacturing to save jobs is no substitute for a property industry policy focused on growth.