An age-old tax keeping empty nesters in huge homes while young families squeeze into apartments has drawn renewed ire from a frequent critic. Successive Reserve Bank governors have criticised stamp duty, the tax paid on property purchases. “My predecessor called it a tax on mobility,” Michele Bullock...
Artificial intelligence technology is not just helping to create more software but to create more software developers after a leading platform added a record 36 million users in one year. The coding tools could address some of Australia’s skills shortages, experts said, even though additional training...
Electric vehicle adoption is at risk of stalling in Australia after delays to construction rules that would have made it easier to charge them at home. The Electric Vehicle Council issued the warning after federal, state and territory ministers met and agreed to delay updates to...
Environmental protection reforms are expected to be introduced to parliament on Thursday after six years of wrangling in the halls of power. PROPOSED ENVIRONMENT LAWS * Better protections for natural sites are the key benefit the government will have in its new environmental legislation *On the other side...
They can drink, drive and vote and are treated as adults in the eyes of the law – but 18-year-old Australians are still being paid considerably less than their older colleagues. Despite being legal adults, 18-year-old workers receive only 70 per cent of the wage of...
Household power prices are expected to rise this financial year and Australia’s emissions reductions will need to become much more ambitious, secret advice to the nation’s energy minister shows. The federal government has handed over briefing notes written by Chris Bowen’s department at the start of...