Productivity summit
- Opinion
- Employment
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
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Up to $60k a day each: The cost of inviting execs to sit at Chalmers’ roundtable
Many of the people at the treasurer’s economic roundtable are earning six or seven figures, but there’s one whose single-day appearance is worth more than $60,000.
- Millie Muroi
Lunchbreak deal to find ways to pay artists for work hoovered up by AI
Australia’s top unionist and a tech billionaire are making moves to confront the challenge of artificial intelligence.
- Paul Sakkal
- Analysis
- Australian economy
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
- Opinion
- Sydney house prices
The act of bastardry that’s hurting young generations
Australians have a tax and welfare system that’s one of the envies of the world. But it’s also transferring masses of wealth to our older generations.
- Shane Wright
Housing minister, roundtable keen to take red pen to 3000-page building code
Business bosses, unions and ministers have agreed Australia must strip away red and green tape to speed up home construction, as momentum builds to overhaul Australia’s complex building code.
- Paul Sakkal, Shane Wright, Millie Muroi and Brittany Busch
- Opinion
- Opinion
I’ve changed my mind about red tape, but cutting it won’t solve everything
Streamlining regulation won’t be easily or quickly achieved, certainly not in a three-day roundtable.
- Ross Gittins
Push to recognise overseas qualifications before unions and business clash on tax
As the federal government’s roundtable kicked off with broad agreement to tackle skills and tariffs, a former RBA governor launched an attack on Labor’s economic management.
- Paul Sakkal and Shane Wright
No phones, no handlers, no nice snacks: day one in Chalmers’ VIP lock-up
Meetings in federal parliament are normally like a buffet of sweet and savoury. But the catering staff are clearly taking to heart the issues central to Anthony Albanese’s economic roundtable.
- Shane Wright
What we know so far about plans to make Australia richer, happier and more productive
Three days, 900 submissions and a few dozen attendees. Here’s what we can expect from the economic reform roundtable this week.
- Millie Muroi