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Australia was once a nation where the great Australian dream was owning a home with ample space for a lawn and a garden. But by the 1990s, the dream had shifted, at least politically, with then prime minister Paul Keating famously saying there was “more to life than the quarter…

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The Albanese government has finally announced a major retreat on its proposed controversial superannuation changes.

In 1986 Paul Keating warned the nation was headed towards economic disaster without reform. Now, Jim Chalmers faces a similar dilemma

Jim Chalmers' economic roundtable will likely present some low-hanging fruit around regulation but hefty tax reform will be more challenging for him to grasp.

The Making of a Legend details the rise of the peacemaker and king of consensus who made remarkable gains for ordinary Australians

After nearly 24 years, three 9/11 victims’ remains have newly been identified

2/5 The set design is the only saving grace in Michael Wynne’s play about a clean-freak loser and his cactus

John Owen Stone AO was a legendary leader of the Commonwealth Treasury. He was secretary (departmental head) from January 1979 to September 1984 but was an intellectual driving force before then as deputy secretary from 1971 to 1978.

Anthony Albanese seems to find himself on eggshells whenever the Australian-American relationship comes up.

Next week will be the 40th anniversary of the Hawke government’s tax summit. Dominated by then treasurer Paul Keating’s unsuccessful bid to win support for a consumption tax, it was the public centrepiece of an extraordinary political and policy story.