Aug 20, 2025
Red tape ‘win-wins’ at Productivity Roundtable summit
Broad support for Clare O'Neil's suggestions around reforming the National Construction Code.
Kat Wong
Aug 18, 2025
Red tape ‘hairballs’ to be coughed up onto roundtable
Australia must cut unnecessary red tape and boost business investment if young people are to be better off than their parents, the productivity tsar says.
Aug 5, 2025
Climate ratings could spare buyers from risky homes
Star ratings for resilience and winding back electric car incentives have been flagged by the Productivity Commission in its pursuit of climate cost savings.
Jul 17, 2025
Surprise jump as unemployment rate rises in June
Australia's jobless rate rose from 4.1 per cent to 4.3 per cent in June, in a surprise outcome driven by a 34,000 increase in the number of unemployed people.
Jul 14, 2025
Home truths on housing target in leaked Treasury advice
Leaked advice on the government's new home target has failed to ruffle the treasurer, who says having an ambitious goal is better than building too few homes.
Jul 14, 2025
Slow rate of cuts puts squeeze on business, households
Businesses and mortgage-holders banking on a cut to interest rates will have to wait more than a month before the next opportunity for financial stimulus.
Apr 7, 2025
US trade war may force all-out assault with rate cuts
An escalating trade war has slashed the odds of interest rate cuts for Australian mortgage-holders, including a potential mega cut weeks after the election.
Mar 19, 2025
Doubling housing supply incentive could help renters
Australia is expected to fall hundreds of thousands of homes short of its housing target but reforms could bring it back up to speed and help renters.
Mar 17, 2025
Budget forecast may offer pre-election ‘reality check’
Short-term budget relief could hurt Australians in the long haul, economists warn, as politicians prepare to open their chequebooks ahead of the election.
Feb 24, 2025
Hazy outlook fuels Reserve Bank caution on disinflation
Caution urged over future cash rate changes as uncertainty looms large over global policy, the impacts of rate decisions and the labour market.
