Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s plan to present the government’s carbon tax repeal legislation before the end of the year has been met with…
Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s plan to present the government’s carbon tax repeal legislation before the end of the year has been met with…
When the carbon tax was announced in the days following the 2010 election, then opposition leader Tony Abbott swore to get it repealed. T…
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will be given extra powers by a Coalition government to make sure businesses pass on savi…
In 2011, just before the introduction of the $23-a-tonne carbon tax, SmartCompany took a look at some of the fortunes that could be impacted…
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says he’ll ditch the carbon tax in favour of a floating price on emissions a year earlier. But what impact …
The government has revealed a range of measures to pay for the removal of the carbon tax, which prime minister Kevin Rudd said would cost th…
If the Rudd government is re-elected to another term this year, it will legislate a move from the carbon tax to an emissions trading scheme …
One of Kevin Rudd’s first policy moves as prime minister may be to “brown down” the carbon tax, according to Greens leader Christine Milne a…
On the eve of its first birthday, politicians are once again butting heads over whether or not the carbon tax impacts small business. Whi…
Tomorrow morning, the SmartCompany team is flying up to Canberra to cover the budget for you as it happens. We’ll be in the “budget lo…
Yesterday’s half-yearly profit report from Virgin Australia was not good news: net profit slumped to $23 million, down 56% from the previous…
Consumers are prioritising spending on new clothes, entertainment and technology, according to a Nielsen survey, which shows consumer confid…
