Chalmers must balance big talk on new spending with vow to rein in inflation

Chalmers must balance big talk on new spending with vow to rein in inflation

The treasurer wants to unleash huge public investment in new industries to cement Labor’s “made in Australia” plan. That sets up the Coalition attack.

  • byDavid Crowe

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China investors in the cold as Chalmers makes security a test for budget largesse

China investors in the cold as Chalmers makes security a test for budget largesse

Anthony Albanese’s Future Made in Australia will be the centrepiece of the May budget. The treasurer will reveal the five key tests for how it will work.

  • byShane Wright
Treasurer Jim Chalmers wants stronger foreign investment rules. What does that mean?
Analysis
Analysis

Treasurer Jim Chalmers wants stronger foreign investment rules. What does that mean?

In a world of rising geopolitical tensions,Australia is tightening up its foreign investment laws in lockstep with many other Western nations.

  • byAnne Hyland
Labor hits back at critics by adding tax breaks to industry aid

Labor hits back at critics by adding tax breaks to industry aid

Jim Chalmers backed the case for tax concessions in a new signal about the scale of the budget plan to help clean energy industries and local manufacturing.

  • byDavid Crowe
Chinese investment in Australia plunges to record lows

Chinese investment in Australia plunges to record lows

A report warned that as Chinese investment in Australia reached record lows,a more worrying threat was emerging.

  • byAnne Hyland
Ugly,treeless,hot:Push to force developers to plant trees in Melbourne’s outer suburbs

Ugly,treeless,hot:Push to force developers to plant trees in Melbourne’s outer suburbs

Developers of Melbourne’s newest housing estates are being pushed to leave space and soil for trees in private yards to curb the urban heat island effect.

  • byAdam Carey
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China’s cash promises in South-East Asia are coming up short,report says

China’s cash promises in South-East Asia are coming up short,report says

President Xi Jinping launched the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013,immediately winning over many foreign governments with promises of unprecedented investment.

  • byZach Hope
High interest rates erode households’ ability to borrow and build

High interest rates erode households’ ability to borrow and build

Australia’s builders are suffering a three-speed market as high interest rates erode households’ ability to borrow and build dwellings.

  • bySimon Johanson
Foreign investors to be slugged with higher fees for vacant homes

Foreign investors to be slugged with higher fees for vacant homes

Overseas buyers will face a tripling in fees to buy an established home in Australia and will be further penalised if their property is left vacant and not rented,under a government plan to tighten foreign investment laws.

  • byLisa Visentin
Property,politics and the curious case of the old Kangan TAFE

Property,politics and the curious case of the old Kangan TAFE

One day for sale,the next not. What gives with the long disused Coburg North TAFE site?

  • byRoyce Millar andRachael Dexter
Minns’ housing plan has two problems he can’t solve
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Minns’ housing plan has two problems he can’t solve

Immigration and foreign investment are making this city increasingly unaffordable,forcing middle-income Sydneysiders like me out.

  • bySean Murphy