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Call to bring back inheritance tax to tackle wealth gap

Inheritance taxes are economically efficient and reduce inequality between those who work for an income and those who earn income from wealth, economists say.

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Trump’s latest tariff bid shows the old rules of trade no longer apply. Scraps of paper will not save us

A 25% tariff on all steel and aluminium imports, as flagged by the US president, is more evidence that Australia cannot rely on our ally to do good by us

The Guardian - AU

Misleading fear campaigns may kill Labor’s superannuation changes. But here are the real numbers

Increasing the tax rate on superannuation balances above $3m would affect less than 1% of the population – and yet it is still unlikely to pass

The Guardian - AU

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Victoria to axe its last EV incentive while increasing levies on property owners

Registration discount for electric vehicles to end as government introduces higher levies to fund emergency services

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: stories from Australians priced out of a home, US health insurer CEO shot, migration shortfall revealed

More than 16o Guardian Australia readers told how the housing crisis has reshaped their lives

The Guardian - AU

Welcome to Trump’s trade war – where no one wins because everyone just pays more for things

Tariffs raise prices much like the GST – and like the GST it hurts people on low and middle incomes the most

The Guardian - AU

Here’s a way to fix Australia’s skills shortage – and raise wages at the same time

While it’s a more long-term solution, reducing the gender pay gap and increasing workplace diversity should be addressed as a matter of urgency

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Unemployment is rising and Australia’s economy is weak – but don’t hit the recession alarm just yet

Are we headed for a recession? The answer is complex – although for young people it already feels like one

The Guardian - AU

The horror, the horror: banks are having to compete for our business by offering better rates

Don’t buy the banks’ sob story. They are annoyed Australians are becoming more savvy at shopping around for better deals for their home loans

The Guardian - AU

The RBA and its critics claim Australia’s economy needs to be slowed down. But the data shows both are wrong

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is right to argue the economy is already slow enough

The Guardian - AU

Australians are struggling to make ends meet. This is not an economy in need of more rate rises

Inflation has risen again – but not because we’re splashing out on new clothes or fancy dinners

The Guardian - AU

As the Coalition goes nuclear, Labor is free to ensure fossil fuels are burned with abandon and little scrutiny

How can Australia get to net zero by 2050 while approving projects that will run for decades beyond that date?

The Guardian - AU

Obsessing over the inflation rate misses one key point: the economy is more than just how fast prices are rising

Those who salivate over other nations’ interest rates with barely any care for people losing their jobs really need to think about their priorities

The Guardian - AU

Raising jobseeker is not ‘fiscally sustainable’? Sorry, but that is flat out wrong

Never fall for the line that lifting people out of poverty and reducing inequality is a task too complex or costly to undertake

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Australians have lost 14 years of progress on living standards. A wages breakout? Please. If only

It is impossible for wages to drive inflation when they are actually rising slower than inflation

The Guardian - AU

The Crunch: interest rates, daylight saving, and the best character in Mario Kart

Plus: EVs are booming but electric bikes are really cutting emissions

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: deportation bill blacklist fears, youth justice looms large in Queensland, Ross River virus warnings

Legislation ‘appalling’, refugee groups say; Labor MPs eye up hardline LNP policy; Easter holidaymakers urged to avoid mosquito bites

The Guardian - AU

The ‘good old days’ for housing affordability were just four years ago – here’s why

But those days of 2020 are good only relative to now, and that’s a rather horrific thought

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The Crunch: the dangers of taller cars and measuring inflation with tomato soup

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Labor says it’s looking for ways to ease cost-of-living pressures. Just don’t mention the stage-three tax cuts

The cuts are already baked into the RBA’s forecasts and economists say there is little point looking at alternatives

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We could make most Australians richer and still save billions – it’s not too late to fix the Stage 3 tax cuts

The Albanese government is about to have to make a really important decision.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Hamas militants clash with Israeli forces in Gaza; extreme fire conditions threaten Queensland towns; and Australia’s best political cartoons

North-western and southern Gaza Strip rocked by fighting as Israeli troops and tanks advance

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: voters lose urgency on climate fight, Stan Grant tackles voice failure, Netanyahu rejects ceasefire

Our latest Essential poll shows only one in three believe target can be met, while the Indigenous academic issues broadside over no vote

The Guardian - AU

Australia is already an energy superpower. We should be using that to drive the world towards renewables

The coal and gas we provide internationally makes us powerful – and we waste it being craven to the mining industry

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Tax cuts not 'all or nothing' in mooted middle ground

The Australia Institute has proposed changes to looming tax cuts to reduce bracket creep and improve the budget bottom line.

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