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Queensland Premier David Crisafulli.

BHP’s latest salvo to Crisafulli government over coal royalties spat

The country’s largest company has issued another pointed message to the Queensland government over the tax-setting brawl.

  • James Hall

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General Chalmers gathers the troops for a new tax war

Vested interests on both sides are lining up to lob accusations at each other with all the subtlety and nuance of a UFC cage fight.

  • Shane Wright
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is being urged by voters to look at capital gains tax reform, income tax cuts and lower spending.

Australians back hit to capital gains and negative gearing to pay for tax cuts

Australians believe Jim Chalmers should cut government spending and deliver tax cuts with changes to capital gains tax high on their hit list.

  • Shane Wright
Instead of wringing their hands on the sidelines, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers should be reforming our tax system.

Labor must fix our tax system. Anything less is economic destruction

The spending and accumulation of Australia’s asset-rich owners is counteracting the belt-tightening of earners – and there’s only one way to fix it.

  • Thomas Walker
Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in August 2025. “This time they appear to be on the same page.”

Can Jim Chalmers deliver serious tax reform? Why the 2026 budget now looms as his best chance

With Anthony Albanese open to possible changes to the capital gains tax discount, this is the treasurer’s best opportunity to shift the dial.

  • James Massola
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was asked about changes to capital gains tax during question time on Thursday.

The tax deduction that will cost Australia $250bn over the next decade (and it’s not negative gearing)

The government is mulling a change to the capital gains tax concession. New analysis shows that without change, it will cost the budget $250 billion.

  • Shane Wright
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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
The ATO has been involved in an unprecedented international "day of action" by tax agencies targeting a Central American bank.

After years of restraint, Tax Office ramps up travel bans on major debtors

Data obtained by this masthead show the Tax Office used its powers to stop multimillion-dollar tax debtors leaving Australia just 46 times over six years, before sharply escalating enforcement this financial year.

  • Carla Hildebrandt
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