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It’s clear the Abbott government wants change to the GST on the agenda but is anxious that others – notably the states – do the dirty work of putting it there. Treasurer Joe Hockey is understood to have…
The Abbott government’s first budget is politically extremely radical but copybook cautious in its economics. A few hours before its delivery, Tony Abbott told the Coalition party room the budget reflected…
Despite its temporary income tax levy and the reintroduction of petrol excise indexation, Treasurer Joe Hockey’s first budget will reduce taxes by $5.7 billion in 2014-15. As it braces itself for a political…
The government is banking on the hope that eventually voters will be pleased enough about its performance to forget their anger about the broken promises in its first budget. It figures that comes judgement…
Amid the fractious political debate that dominates Canberra, there is suddenly a note of bipartisanship. The major parties want to stop the proliferation and success of “micro” parties, and now they’ve…
About to break trust with the voters, the government has brazenly decided to appeal to the public to “trust” it. Is someone trying to channel John Howard from the 2004 election when, accused of being untrustworthy…
“You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold 'em”, and Tony Abbott would be showing some political nous if he folded his tax levy now. Newspoll in Tuesday’s Australian shows how a hashed pre-budget…
Cabinet minister Christopher Pyne has proposed a drastic change in the rules covering political donations. Pyne on Sunday said organisations – including trade unions and corporations - should be banned…
As the government hosed down both expectations and alarm over the Audit Commission’s more radical recommendations, Treasurer Joe Hockey announced that on the pension age, the budget will be bolder than…
The Greens find themselves in an exquisite dilemma. Tony Abbott’s revised paid parental leave scheme is now broadly in line with their policy. But can they, in the circumstances of a harsh budget, dance…