Adrian Rollins
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Canberra, ACT, Australia
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ACT set to share GST tax revenue windfall with other states and territories
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr delivering the mid-year budget update in February. Picture by Elesa Kurtz The ACT and other states and territories are on track for a multi-million dollar goods and services tax revenue windfall in an upside to the strong household spending that has helped fuel inflation and force interest rates higher. → Read More
Energy grants to give small businesses bill relief
More than 8200 ACT small and medium businesses are eligible to apply for $25,000 energy efficiency grants under a program being launched by the federal government. → Read More
Building approvals have tumbled, deepening housing supply and affordability challenge
Building approvals for new homes in the ACT have crashed to their lowest level in almost 20 years, headlining a nationwide slowdown in approvals that is set to deepen the country's housing supply and affordability challenge. → Read More
Tax changes to superannuation accounts with over $3m announced by Anthony Albanese, Jim Chalmers
Labor wants to raise the concessional tax rate applied to future earnings for super balances above $3 million... → Read More
Hot seat no problem for seasoned RBA governor Philip Lowe
RBA governor Philip Lowe and deputy governor Michelle Bullock at the Senate Economics Legislation Committee hearing. Picture by Keegan Carroll If Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe was feeling the heat from mounting anger and frustration about the impact of nine consecutive rate hikes on people's finances, he certainly wasn't showing it. → Read More
Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe pledges to serve out his full term
RBA governor Philip Lowe at the Senate Economics Legislation Committee hearing. Picture by Keegan Carroll Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has defended raising interest rates to their highest point in more than decade despite the financial stress caused for millions, arguing the "serious damage" from high inflation would be even worse. → Read More
Interest rate anger unlikely to shift RBA governor Philip Lowe
It is highly unlikely that calls for RBA governor Philip Lowe to quit or be sacked will come to anything. Picture Getty Images As the Reserve Bank of Australia tries to navigate an increasingly narrow path to a soft landing for the inflation-hit economy, the coming days are likely to be rocky for its head, Philip Lowe. → Read More
PM spruiks ambition for Australia to be 'a nation that makes things here again'
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in parliament on Thursday. Picture by Keegan Carroll Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has stepped up his campaign for parliament to pass the federal government's $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund days after the Coalition vowed to oppose it. → Read More
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says succession of crises an opportunity to do things differently
Treasurer Jim Chalmers working on his Monthly essay during his Christmas-New Year break. Picture supplied The succession of major crises to hit Australia and the world provide an opportunity to dump failed economic models and put the country on a path of stronger, more sustainable and equitable growth, Treasurer Jim Chalmers is expected to say in an essay to be published in The Monthly magazine. → Read More
Reserve Bank predicted to hike despite signs price pressures easing
Food prices eased in the second half of 2022. Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has downplayed the risk the economy will dip into recession but warned it is "too early" to say inflation has peaked. → Read More
Very tight labour market expected to stoke wages
Canberra employers are facing the stiffest competition in the country to fill job vacancies as figures show its unemployment rate remained stuck under 3 per cent at the end of 2022, well below the national average of 3.5 per cent for December. → Read More
APS dealt pay cuts over a decade, dragging on ACT wages
Efforts to suppress wage growth have pushed public service pay rises below inflation over the past decade. → Read More
Anthony Albanese flags plans to increase the PNG worker intake
PNG to be an important labour source for under-pressure employers. → Read More
Record-breaking house price plunge
Downturn sparks calls for RBA to avoid rate rises. → Read More
It's office life, but not as we know it: how workplaces are planning their transition back to the office
After weeks of dormancy, the pulse of office life is quickening. → Read More
Australian Public Service develops a style fit for the digital age
A pilot version of the APS style manual will be online soon. → Read More
Government's embrace of expertise 'will not last'
The pandemic has not caused a sea change in the government's attitude to public advice, experts warn. → Read More
Pandemic puts ANU research efforts in the clinic
The COVID-19 outbreak will set back university research by years. → Read More
Drop migration cull 'nonsense': Martin Parkinson
Martin Parkinson has dismissed as "nonsense" calls for a cut to migrant intake. → Read More
Government touts new emissions plan, but gas fight takes over
Two reports made public on Thursday, one released and one leaked, have reignited the debate over lowering emissions. → Read More