Joe Hockey
No new taxes: Joe Hockey
Tim Lester speaks with Joe Hockey who is adamant no new taxes will be introduced if the Coalition is elected.
Joe Hockey: song and dance man
Joe Hockey harbours a secret ambition as a song and dance man. Check out his audition.
Coalition abandons baby bonus
Jonathan Swan, Judith Ireland An Abbott government would dump the baby bonus entirely - even the reduced, means-tested payments proposed by Labor, shadow treasurer Joe Hockey has said.
Abbott will be pressed to lift GST: ALP
A federal coalition government will face mounting pressure from Liberal states to increase the GST rate, Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury says.
Treasurer resists urge to wield axe
Peter Martin In the face of enormous pressure to return the budget to surplus quickly, Wayne Swan has run the other way.
Party room to ask hard questions on leave scheme
Michael Gordon and Daniel Hurst Tony Abbott will be asked to defend, discard or modify his promised generous paid parental leave scheme in the Coalition party room next week, amid growing internal concerns that it is no longer...
Rates hit record low
Peter Martin Deep concern about the high Australian dollar has driven the Reserve Bank to cut its cash rate to the lowest level on record, a cut quickly passed on by all but one of the big banks.
Stubbornly high dollar prompts historic rate cut
Peter Martin Deep concern about the high Australian dollar drove the Reserve Bank to cut its cash rate to the lowest level on record on Tuesday, a cut quickly passed on by all but one of the big banks.
This tax would boost nation's economic performance
Peter Martin Joe Hockey is wrong. The shadow treasurer said on Wednesday he did not see a national disability insurance scheme levy as 'the right solution in this environment'.
Boston bomber's sheik link played down
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has played down any potential link between a Sydney sheik and the Boston Marathon bombing suspect killed in a shootout.
Abbott pressed on company tax cuts
Mark Kenny Tony Abbott defends his role as a big spender when he was Health Minister in the Howard Government.
The truth on the problem laid bare, but no solution
Peter Martin Gillard and Swan have tried everything else. Now they're trying honesty.
Fears of PS job cuts stir campaign
Ross Peake The CPSU will convene a ''council of war'' in Canberra on Thursday to plan a high-profile election year campaign.
Treasury admits revenue forecasts out to tune of $8b a year
Gareth Hutchens FEDERAL Treasury has conceded it has consistently inaccurately forecast government revenue by an average of $8 billion a year for the past two decades.
Treasury admits revenue forecasts out $8b a year
Gareth Hutchens Federal Treasury concedes it has inaccurately forecast government revenue for the past two decades.
We may compensate for carbon tax refits - Hockey
Lenore Taylor THE coalition will consider compensating big companies that are part-way through expensive refits to reduce their carbon price liability when the carbon tax is abolished, according to shadow...
Ending ALP waste will finance tax cuts - Hockey
Judith Ireland The Coalition has hit back at Labor claims that families would pay higher income tax and lose payments worth thousands of dollars a year under an Abbott government, saying the ''reality is the...
Queensland rains on PM's parade as tide of support ebbs and flows
Tony Wright Storms and floods can ruin lives and livelihoods as viciously and unexpectedly as events can swamp political careers.
Medicare rebate for obesity surgery likely to increase
Margaret Rice A DRAMATIC expansion of the Medicare rebate system for bariatric surgery is now one step closer, bringing the popular procedures within reach of all obese Australians, following a recent review by...
Sipping a Rudd is relaxing
While Kevin Rudd was not the Labor caucus' cup of tea, a year ago the people voted his blend the winner of Twinings' Australian afternoon tea competition.
