Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Australians are “burning cash” waiting for approvals as he takes aim at Australia’s sluggish productivity rate ahead of a three-day talkfest in Canberra.

One observer describes next week’s economic roundtable this way: the treasurer “has opened a can of worms – and everybody has ...

Jim Chalmers says it’s “not surprising” Australia’s birth rate has slowed given the “financial pressures” on families, however, he has rejected calls to bring back the Costello-era $3000 baby bonus in ...

Critics are circling the government’s economic roundtable, but Jim Chalmers says good ideas are already surfacing, with more ...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hold talks with state and territory counterparts today ahead of his sit down with leaders from ...

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has extended her attack on Anthony Albanese’s decision to grant Palestinian recognition at the ...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers - and much of the political class - have been waxing lyrical about ditching red tape that impedes ...

The Reserve Bank’s rate cut this week will help relieve many mortgage holders, but it wasn’t all positive news from the bank. It also underscored the serious productivity and economic growth ...

A former Treasury official has called Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ upcoming productivity roundtable a “stitch up” which seeks only ...

Australian mortgage holders were promised financial relief when the Reserve Bank of Australia cut rates on Tuesday, but the ...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has overestimated the economy’s speed limit, as stagnant productivity threatens to punch a hole in tax ...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has been warned to keep his hands off negative gearing and instead tackle housing supply, with ...