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The financial institutions fronting the Financial Services Royal Commission are also the ones controlling mortgages, so will an expose of their dealings push property prices down?
The Labor alternative almost doubles the budget’s relief for these taxpayers, incorporating the early part of the government’s plan and then building on it.
The three part plan is the centrepiece of Tuesday night’s budget, which also brings forward by a year the forecast return to surplus and the peak of Australia’s net debt.
The 2018-19 federal budget will be handed down to parliament on May 8. But before that, take our quiz to test out your memories of the previous budgets.
The Greens plan would bring in “a Buffett rule” to ensure higher income earners paid their fair share of tax by limiting deductions made by those earning more than $300,000.
As the banking royal commission continues to expose wrongdoings, the pressure is intensifying on the corporate regulator.
A Four Corners/Fairfax investigation shows the need for an advisory board to make sure that tax officers are accountable as part of the Taxpayers’ charter.
Under the People’s Bank proposal, homeowners would be able to borrow up to 60% of the value of their property directly from the Reserve Bank.
The government’s company tax cut for big business has received a further blow.
The government has been forced to put off a vote on its tax cut for big business.
Labor has capitulated to pressure to exempt pensioners from its plan to end cash refunds for dividend imputation credits.
Two well-known franchises have come under fire this week for problems when reporting their business results. We answer four questions about the business model and why these scandals are reoccuring.
Chris Bowen will target tax loopholes and concessions in a speech on Monday.
Interest runs the financial world, but it’s banned under Islamic law. In this comic explainer, Mamiza Haq explains how Islamic finance works and the problems arising as the conventional and Islamic finance worlds collide.
Here in the business and economy team at The Conversation, we love charts. This year we’ve made plenty of good ones with academics.
Even though the Prime Minister and heads of the big four banks argue costly political uncertainty is the reason for the royal commission, experts argue the banks’ behaviour itself is the real cost.
Malcolm Turnbull has raised the prospect of personal income tax relief to help middle-income earners.
Bill Shorten is promising that a Labor government would set up a A$1 billion fund to assist ‘advanced manufacturing’.
The APRA inquiry puts the regulator in the tricky position of trying to be seen to be tough on bank scandals but juggling its close relationship with the government and the CBA.
A snapshot of what HILDA survey results have to say about families, working mums and childcare.
Labor has proposed a crackdown on discretionary trusts, which would raise $4.1 billion over the forward estimates and $17.2 billion over a decade.
The Fair Work Commission said reductions in rates were more significant in retail and pharmacy than in hospitality and fast food.
The Conversation sought response from the Australia-China Relations Institute based at the University of Technology Sydney in relation to analysis questioning their research, funding and reporting.
The S&P Global report cites the potential for low wage growth and low inflation as a ‘downside risk’ for the projections on getting to budget balance.