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Charge ahead: road taxes may be closer than they appear

A road user charge targeting electric vehicle drivers is gaining widespread approval but how it will work and when it will arrive remains up for debate.

AAP · Aug 16, 2025

Answers to ailing productivity to steer economic future

Australia's economic future will be guided by ideas to reinvigorate its currently languishing productivity, the treasurer has said.

AAP · Aug 16, 2025

Responsibility, not legacy driving Chalmers to reform

Jim Chalmers' economic roundtable will likely present some low-hanging fruit around regulation but hefty tax reform will be more challenging for him to grasp.

AAP · Aug 15, 2025

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers wants roundtable to ‘crack open’ the challenge of slow housing approvals

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 challenges facing the Australian economy.

The Conversation · Aug 13, 2025

Unions, business at loggerheads over four-day work week

Business groups are resisting a union push for a shorter working week as ideas to boost Australia's productivity are debated ahead of a roundtable.

AAP · Aug 12, 2025

Why the working week – and what we get out of it – has perplexed Australian governments for more than 100 years

On August 19, a group of advocates and experts will converge on Canberra for an economic roundtable. “Productivity,” announced Treasurer Jim Chalmers, is to be the event’s “primary focus”.

The Conversation · Aug 12, 2025

Afternoon Update: Reserve Bank decision; Julie Bishop accused of bullying in Senate inquiry; and Swifties celebrate

Jim Chalmers says the rate cut is ‘very welcome relief for millions of Australians’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 12, 2025

Stop the free ride: all motorists should pay their way, whatever vehicle they drive

A new road charge is looming for electric vehicle drivers, amid reports Treasurer Jim Chalmers is accelerating the policy as part of a broader tax-reform push.

The Conversation · Aug 12, 2025

Unions push back on productivity plan for schools, jobs

Fresh fault lines have formed in the lead up to the government's reform roundtable as unions reject productivity proposals welcomed by businesses.

AAP · Aug 11, 2025

'Don't slam brakes on EVs': sparks fly over fee push

The federal treasurer is being urged to adopt user charges for electric cars to help pay for road maintenance and the roll out of charging infrastructure .

AAP · Aug 10, 2025