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The office landlord has reported its portfolio of office blocks is 91 per cent leased.

Why we should probably pay more tax as we get older

There’s a “winning formula” to making this happen. Here’s why we should.

  • Millie Muroi

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Labor Party doyen says the tax system actively hurts young people.

A ‘terrible’ system for young people: Tax reform architect pleads for real reform

Bill Kelty was instrumental to the tax reforms of the 1980s and 1990s. He says old people like himself don’t need more out of the tax system.

  • Shane Wright
Reducing the concession on capital gains is argued by supporters as a way to help young people into the property market.

Cutting capital gains deductions opens door to bigger cuts

The government is considering winding back the capital gains tax concession as part of a broader change to taxes in the May budget.

  • Shane Wright and James Massola
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says high house prices are an intergenerational issue that has to be addressed.

Chalmers puts tax reform at top of budget plans

Treasurer Jim Chalmers, facing pressure to reduce inflation and improve living standards, says intergenerational unfairness is driving anger around the world.

  • Shane Wright
Hanson, with One Nation recruit Barnaby Joyce, says her intention is to form government.

The Trumpian policies Pauline Hanson would roll out if One Nation ran Australia

As One Nation and Pauline Hanson threaten to overtake the fractured Coalition as the nation’s leading conservative force, we test if the party’s policies make practical and economic sense.

  • James Hall
Real Money checklist

How to set yourself up for money success in 2026

A few simple, practical steps in January can help get you on the right money track for the year.

  • Dominic Powell
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Australian sentiments towards the United States are at historic lows.

Gold, coffee and Donald Trump: Australia’s rollercoaster economic year in 10 charts

We started 2025 with interest rate cuts and ended it talking about increases. Gold soared, but it wasn’t the most precious of precious metals.

  • Shane Wright
Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher reveal the budget continues to bleed because of collapsing tobacco excise.

Cost of cigarette excise collapse passes $50 billion as income taxes prop up budget

The mid-year budget update confirms the nation’s finances are still a sea of red ink as the government relies on more taxes.

  • Shane Wright
US President Donald Trump and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Trump’s deception exposed as US giants sue

US companies are queuing up to sue the Trump administration as they shoot down one of Donald Trump’s key declarations about his trade war.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher, Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers with the 2022 federal budget. Without reform, it may be one of the last budgets to end up in surplus.

Budget will remain in deficit forever without change

The Albanese government delivered the first budget surpluses in 15 years. But they may be the last according to a Deloitte Access Economics report.

  • Shane Wright