Treasurer Wayne Swan’s Budget might have grabbed the headlines for more than $32 billion worth of cuts and savings, but there was still pl…

James was the editor and publisher of SmartCompany and LeadingCompany for five years. He is now the Australian Financial Review's companies & markets editor, and a former BRW editor.
Treasurer Wayne Swan’s Budget might have grabbed the headlines for more than $32 billion worth of cuts and savings, but there was still pl…
The business community can rightly feel that is has been sacrificed at the altar of Wayne Swan’s surplus, with the Government’s decision…
A plan to offer tax breaks for the construction of green buildings has been dumped, with Climate Change Minister Greg Combet declaring the p…
Wayne Swan has given tax relief to SMEs with one hand and taken it with the other. The SME community should feel pretty special. In a Fed…
Well, he’s done it. Treasurer Wayne Swan has kept his political promise to deliver a surplus in 2012-13, with his fifth federal budget set t…
The SME community should feel pretty special. In a Federal Budget that contains relatively few spending initiatives for the 2012-13 year…
Wayne Swan has delivered his promised Budget surplus, with a $44 billion deficit in 2011-12 expected to turn into a $1.5 billion surplus in …
The Government’s much-hyped company tax cuts for business have been dumped, but Treasurer Wayne Swan has blamed the Opposition for blocking …
The Government’s much-hyped company tax cuts have been dumped, but Treasurer Wayne Swan has blamed the Opposition for blocking the cuts an…
The Government’s crackdown on GST will continue for another two years after the Government said it will provide an additional $195 million t…
Kmart boss Guy Russo has delivered a blunt message to Australia’s retailers: Your business models are outdated and you’re charging consumers…
The situation that is playing out in Europe reminds me of that great line from Michael Corleone in The Godfather III, the mobster who just c…