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US President Donald Trump has threatened to hit countries that tax American tech giants with big tariffs.

Trump demands countries back down on tech regulation or face big new tariffs

The Albanese government faces another tariff threat from Donald Trump, this time over forcing tech companies to pay for Australian news content.

  • Shane Wright

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Employees covered under EBAs are lucky enough to get a guaranteed annual wage increase. Just don’t call it a ‘pay rise’.

Another great Australian dream goes by the wayside

We’re still a long, long way from enjoying the 15-hour working week predicted in the 1930s.

  • Victoria Devine
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers at the opening of the Economic Reform Roundtable at Parliament House on Tuesday.

Albanese doesn’t share Chalmers’ ambition. He’s got a different one

Even though there’s now an organising principle for this term of government, the PM is unlikely to embrace major reform until circumstances dictate that he should.

  • Peter Hartcher
Jim Chalmers with Finance Minister Katy Gallagher, Treasury secretary Jenny Wilkinson and Productivity Commission member Angela Jackson, talks to the roundtable.

We can’t wait another 25 years for results, Mr Treasurer

At least there was no one with a guitar leading the room in Kumbaya. The success of the economic roundtable will be grounded in results.

  • Shane Wright
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Riding with the Reaper

And rocking that school bag.

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Albanese must make clear roundtable is just the first step

If the Labor government is focused on convincing us this week’s roundtable has been a success, that will be a pretty good sign that it’s fallen short.

  • Sean Kelly
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Where will our next generation of innovators come from?

Roundtable ignores the most urgent leak in our productivity pipeline

We will never be globally competitive unless we address one of our biggest problems: the brain drain.

  • Tushaar Garg
Spin the roundtable wheel for a prize.

This roundtable could have been an email

Are the participants focused on process or outcomes? We probably know the answer to that.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
RBA Governor Michele Bullock attempts to get attention back on interest rates at her Tuesday press conference that was ultimately dominated by questions over productivity.

What the RBA governor’s struggle to get a room to focus on rates says about the economy

For three days, two dozen people will debate ways to lift the nation’s living standards as productivity growth remains sluggish. Failure cannot be an option.

  • Shane Wright

What’s productivity and how could AI affect it?

It’s not just about getting rich, it’s about quality of life – but what is productivity? And why does it matter?

  • Shane Wright