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Power station health concerns present for years

Newcastle Herald letters to the editor May 13, 2024

Newcastle Herald

NSW pricing watchdog recommends overhaul of biodiversity offsets scheme

Tribunal found developers were paying into fund five times faster than the Biodiversity Conservation Trust was able to find required offsets

The Guardian - AU

NSW government axes dozens of environmental roles in ‘backward step’

Exclusive: Coalition accuses Labor of hypocrisy and says delay in rewarding farmers to protect nature is a ‘disgrace’

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A leaf out of John McCain's playbook

Chris Eichbaum argues Chrstopher Luxon could do with a dose of John McCain-style leadership and integrity

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Bob Carr warns environment movement ‘in danger of fading’ amid huge challenges

The longest serving premier of NSW throws support behind new alliance calling for overhaul of land-clearing laws

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s first NSW budget in a decade will provide ‘practical assistance’, treasurer says

A $7bn shortfall has been forecast this financial year, but Daniel Mookhey says any cuts to be made will be in areas that ‘don’t affect people’

The Guardian - AU

What's to stop Philip Lowe moving to a private bank after he leaves the RBA? It's what his predecessors did

Surely Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe won’t move to a private bank after his term as governor ends next week.

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'The real endangered species is the Australian family': biodiversity review slammed

Jeff McCloy fears housing affordability will continue to worsen.

Newcastle Herald

Biodiversity laws not achieving primary purpose: Ken Henry

Ken Henry spoke about his concerns at the UDAI luncheon in Newcastle.

Newcastle Herald

'Our future depends upon it': Dr Ken Henry exposes failed biodiversity laws

'If a developer had enough money, they developed.'

Newcastle Herald

Australia’s environment must be given legal priority over land-clearing and logging to survive, Ken Henry says

Former Treasury chief says every measure of Australia’s environment is ‘going in the wrong direction’

The Guardian - AU

NSW environment protection laws unlikely to succeed without major overhaul, damning review finds

Review warns half of species under threat in state are on course to become extinct in next 100 years

The Guardian - AU

Don’t blame workers for falling productivity – we’re not the ones holding it back

Suddenly Australians are being told we need increase productivity if we want our wages to merely keep up with inflation.

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Don't blame workers for falling productivity – we're not the ones holding it back

Suddenly Australians are being told we need to produce more if we want our wages to merely keep up with inflation.

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Australia's budget is a 'hell of a mess'. The government is not collecting enough, and you are paying too much

The government is not collecting enough money, and you are paying too much, says the former Treasury boss.

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Expert warns of growing tax burden ahead of budget

Former Treasury boss Ken Henry warns inadequate tax settings are worsening intergenerational inequality as the treasurer prepares for his second budget.

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Grattan on Friday: We need more tax revenue, but don't ask the major parties how we'll get it

Teal candidates again fell short in the NSW election. Only one who was so labelled was successful, and she rejects the terminology. This followed the Victorian state election in which no teal won.

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Tax experts to gather for independent summit

Independent federal MP Allegra Spender is bringing together some of Australia's top tax experts for a summit to kickstart a national debate on tax reform.

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Former treasury head Ken Henry says we need 'big bang' tax reform rather than incremental change

Former treasury secretary Ken Henry has declared the Australian taxation system is in “a parlous state” and called for “big bang” tax reform.

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Working Australians pay tax in real-time – now the richest Australians making capital gains should too

In drawing up his plans to more effectively tax large superannuation accounts, Treasurer Jim Chalmers might have stumbled upon a really good idea.

AAP

NSW won't scrap stamp duty: premier

Dominic Perrottet has long wished to rid NSW of stamp duty in favour of a land tax, but has reportedly conceded reform will need to include both.

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Traded biodiversity 'credits' are key to Labor's environmental plans, but critics are not convinced

A market where koala credits are traded is now central to the federal Labor government's plan for halting Australia's extinction crisis, but critics are not convinced that demand is strong enough to make a serious impact on the environment.

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Economics has helped to destroy the environment. Can it be used to save it?

If we can't value the environment, human activity on earth is "going to come crashing down". Luckily, we can, according to former Treasury boss Ken Henry.

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Can we avoid a recession? What we can learn from the Kiwis

New Zealand property prices have fallen every month this year following a series of punishing interest rate hikes that began last October. So far, the hikes have yet to dent inflation.

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Gas export tax would help to fix Australia's energy crisis, says Dr Ken Henry

Australia has blown its chance to use its vast gas fields to help the economy transition to renewable energy, says former Treasury secretary Ken Henry.

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