Business
The economy
Opinion
Tax reform
Our yo-yo diet nation needs a new self-help regime
The fad prescriptions of successive governments have failed us. To create a better version of ourselves, we need sustainable, slow-burn reforms.
- by Jessica Irvine
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Productivity Commission
Top government adviser lists reforms needed to kickstart economy
In a refreshingly open interview, the nation's new top productivity adviser has put a host of controversial reforms on the national agenda for consideration.
- by Jessica Irvine
Jobs
Jobless rate will have to fall much further to boost economy: RBA
Reserve Bank assistant governor Luci Ellis has signalled a jobless rate below mining boom levels may be needed.
- by Shane Wright
Trade wars
'It's me right now': Trump says he is personally holding up trade deal with China
The President says he won't sign off any trade pact until China returns to terms negotiated earlier in the year.
- by Justin Sink
World markets
The world's fastest-growing economy may not have been growing so fast after all
India's statistics may have been painting a far rosier picture of economic growth than the more modest reality of the past decade.
- by Ronojoy Mazumdar
Trade
Global trade is under greatest threat since WWII, Productivity Commission says
Australia needs to unilaterally cut trade barriers, remove "nuisance" tariffs and review assistance to farmers, according to the government's top economic advisory body.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Opinion
Future of Work
Take heart, workplace of the future will need a human touch
A new report disputes the notion that robots will take our jobs, and has some commonsense predictions about the future of work.
- by Ross Gittins
Gas
EPA promises 'dinkum' consultation on new round of carbon pollution guidelines
The WA Environmental Protection Authority will publish carbon pollution guidelines by December.
- by Hamish Hastie
Regulation
The regulatory 'dark matter' slowing down business
Businesses are being swamped by up to eight pages of regulations and guidelines for every page of related legislation, a report has found.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Opinion
World markets
It's time to start worrying about the US economy
For the first time in a long time, the US economy's vaunted recovery looks like it might be starting to sputter a little bit.
- by Matt O'Brien
Mining
The Australian town where property prices once rivalled Manhattan is now gathering dust
Of all the mining-town booms spawned by China's insatiable appetite for minerals, few were as epic as that of Port Hedland.
- by Krystal Chia