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Surprise first-year windfall suggests stopgap tax measure is being underestimated and may be badly designed

Why the much-protested Gallic gold card system has no similarity to ours.

Country gives just $1 in assistance for every $10 that goes to defence, humanitarian groups say

Asked to find an extra A$20 billion per year to fund government priorities like building nuclear submarines and responding to climate change, Australia’s top economists overwhelmingly back land tax, increased resource taxes, an attack on negative gearing and extending the scope of the goods and services tax.

The $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund is aimed at broadening Australia's domestic industrial base and reducing the nation's dependence on imports. But how will it do this?

Health always has its discontents, and we cannot expect to be unaffected by the new health system restructure post-Covid. But the problems we face are eminently fixable, writes Peter Davis

When it comes to the best places to retire in the world, which country is at the top of the list? And where does the U.S. feature on the leaderboard? We investigate.

The UN secretary-general says developed nations like Australia must bring forward their net-zero timelines by a decade

Australia and other developed countries must achieve net-zero emissions a decade earlier than most have promised, the UN chief says.