Budget rules have gone the way of skinny jeans, no matter who wears the pants
The answer, it said, was to draft a set of fiscal rules to make sure spending did not run ahead of tax revenue. The treasurer ...
Trump’s big trade shock is coming for Australia
A private talk by the US commerce secretary to Australian executives in Washington was a jaw-dropper and a wake-up call about ...
Sydney Morning Herald3d
Budget rules have gone the way of skinny jeans, no matter who wears the pants
The treasurer at the time, Wayne Swan, wrote the rules into the budget papers. The prime minister, Kevin Rudd, cited them as proof of his conservative economic credentials. Those rules are now ...
As it happened: Brisbane on Friday, March 14
The Queensland government has appointed a team to lead cyclone recovery efforts – with one member attracting laughter and ...
The Australian Financial Review20d
Jim wins the battle of Queensland as Dutton lies low
Not even close. Wayne Swan was right. But last week and into the weekend, when almost everyone was fearing the worst, there were picture opportunities aplenty. Kevin Rudd on camera during the ...
Laura Chalmers learns her lesson from last year after failing to read the room in HUGE fashion blunder - as she supports her Treasurer husband in a humble $340 dress
Ms Chalmers wore a modest yet stylish black dress as she supported her husband while he handed the 2025-26 Budget down in ...
The Australian Financial Review19d
Worried about a US recession? There’s a bigger risk facing Australia
“Confidence holding up in Australia is key, so if you start getting politicians downplaying Australia like during the GFC when Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan said this was the end of capitalism as we ...