Peter Martin
Triple-A solution to a super tax problem
Peter Martin I've come up with a way out - something that should give the mining companies what they say they want while giving the government what it wants. But there's no point.
Decline in job ads points to cooling
Peter Martin ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT THE latest job advertisement figures show heat coming out of the labour market and employers switching away from newspaper ads to cheaper and less-proven internet ads.
Tax Office rolls back new technology to stem mistakes
Peter Martin ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT THE Tax Office has scaled back its new $820 million computer system after a bumpy start that delayed 1 million tax returns, sent out return letters without cheques and failed to communicate with...
Trade figures put spotlight on emerging boom
Peter Martin ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT TRADE figures showing a big increase in mining earnings have come at an inconvenient time for mineral companies trying to make the case against a super profits tax.
Economy still reliant on stimulus spending
Peter Martin Australia's economy is still on life support. The latest national accounts show that despite talk of a mining boom and Australia leading the developed world, we would be going backwards but for the...
Rates are on hold, Reserve chief says
Peter Martin ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT NEW signs have emerged of a slump in home building and consumer spending, and the Reserve Bank has signalled that interest rates will stay on hold for some months.
Reserve unlikely to lift rates
Peter Martin ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT THE Reserve Bank is considered certain to leave interest rates on hold for the first time since February when it meets this morning.
Forecasters put their faith in minerals
Peter Martin Australia has received perhaps the ultimate economic accolade. The International Monetary Fund says ''among major advanced countries, Australia's growth potential over the medium term clearly stands...
Henry cuts miners' down to size over exaggerated claims
Phillip Coorey and Peter Martin The Treasury secretary, Ken Henry, took aim at the mining industry and its claims that it saved Australia from recession as Kevin Rudd snubbed the sector by cancelling a speech at its annual dinner...
It's your fight too, mine giants tell workers
Phillip Coorey and Peter Martin THE MINING giant Rio Tinto has urged its thousands of workers to mount a grassroots campaign against the government's proposed resources super profits tax.
OECD backs resource tax
Peter Martin The Paris-based Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development has swung its weight behind Australia's proposed resource tax.
OECD backs split of resource profits as sharing wealth
Lenore Taylor and Peter Martin The accountancy firm KPMG has taken the unusual step of writing to clients to clarify that its modelling - used by the Rudd government as evidence the mining sector will continue to thrive under a...
Heroes in hard hats
David Humphries and Peter Martin Kevin Rudd thought taxing giant mining companies was a political winner. He didn't realise that mining, like the bush, has become part of the Australian psyche, write David Humphries and Peter Martin.
Dollar and shares battered
Peter Martin A crisis of confidence in Europe and at home has brought about the biggest collapse in the Australian sharemarket since the onset of the financial crisis.
Global shockwaves hit Aussie dollar and shares
Peter Martin A crisis of confidence in Europe and at home has brought about the biggest collapse in the Australian sharemarket since the onset of the financial crisis.
Mining tax a winner for Aborigines, Henry says
Peter Martin ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT ABORIGINES should have access to the money raised by the proposed tax on resource industry super profits, the head of Treasury, Ken Henry, has said.
Peter Martin
The moment of truth
Peter Martin In his budget reply, the Opposition Leader delivered what was perhaps the ultimate 'dog ate my homework' line.
Henry: no compromise
Peter Martin THE Treasury boss, Ken Henry, has flatly rejected talk of a compromise over the mining super profits tax, saying to give in on the threshold would overcompensate miners to the point where they might...
New tax, but Lib MP still buys mining shares
Peter Martin ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT DEBATE over the proposed resource super profits tax has turned personal with the Coalition frontbencher Peter Dutton confirming he bought shares in BHP Billiton two days after his leader said the tax...
Full steam ahead as job creation hits 1100 a day
Peter Martin ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT AUSTRALIA is creating jobs at a blistering pace of 1100 a day, just about all of them full-time.
