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'.
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Cuts gathering on horizon if Abbott takes the reins
Peter Martin The age pension is just one of the payments that could face a shake-up under his regime.
How an Abbott government may run the economy
Peter Martin What would Tony Abbott do? As with all potential prime ministers there's no way to be sure. But thanks to an unusual instance of history repeating, we've been given an unusually clear idea of what...
It's good to aspire, but know what you're aspiring to
Peter Martin Michael was outraged. Earlier in the week I'd written that anyone earning more than $210,100 a year was ultra-rich, in the top 1 per cent.
When all else fails, tell the truth
Peter Martin Gillard and Swan have tried everything else. Now they're trying honesty.
The truth on the problem laid bare, but no solution
Peter Martin Gillard and Swan have tried everything else. Now they're trying honesty.
Hockey needs to open his eyes to economic gains of proposed levy
Peter Martin Joe Hockey does not see an NDIS levy as "the right solution in this environment".
High earners don't realise own wealth, study finds
Peter Martin Australia's high earners are surprisingly magnanimous when it comes to tax. Many think the rich should pay more. They just don't think that applies to them.
Super losses likely as Libs reject repeal
Madeleine Heffernan and Peter Martin The opposition has said it cannot guarantee it will unwind any changes the federal government makes to superannuation in this year's budget, despite its denunciations and claims that the reforms...
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Labor finally sights the super monster
Peter Martin The select few Australians earning more than $290,000 per annum - a mere 1 per cent of the workforce - rake in an astounding $2 billion in superannuation tax concessions between them, according to...
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How Canberra got diddled
Peter Martin Gathered on one side of the cabinet table were the newly-installed Prime Minister Julia Gillard, her Treasurer Wayne Swan and her Resources Minister Martin Ferguson.
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Swan empties bag of tricks to save his skinny surplus
Peter Martin THE government needs export prices to stop falling if it is to have any hope of painlessly delivering its promised budget surplus.
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Income freeze is nothing new, but the reaction is
Peter Martin ANYONE would think the budget had frozen the income limits for getting family tax benefits at $150,000.
