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The harmful Targeted Compliance Framework (TCF) must be permanently scrapped after an independent assurance review has failed to provide assurance it is operating within the law. The Deloitte review of the IT system behind the framework could not provide assurance that the TCF reliably operates or delivers outcomes lawfully. The review found issues stemming from … Continued
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MEDIA ALERT Senator Payman holds WA Small Business Round Table 11am-1pm today, 15 August 2025. Federal Parliamentary Offices, 1 The Esplanade, Perth Senator Fatima Payman is hosting a ‘WA Small Business Round Table’ today, ahead of the government’s own event next week. The meeting, involving a group of representatives from WA small business associations and … Continued
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Climateworks Centre experts are available to comment on a range of potential agenda items ahead of and during the government’s productivity and economic reform roundtable (August 19-21), including but not limited to: Carbon pricing Superannuation Road pricing and transport Energy planning The National Construction Code and housing Anna Malos, Climateworks Australia Lead and former Assistant … Continued
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Mental health experts and insurers unite to issue stark productivity warning to Treasurer Jim Chalmers Leading mental health experts and groups have teamed up with the insurance industry to draw attention to a major drag on Australia’s productivity; mental ill-health. In an open letter to the Treasurer Jim Chalmers, the signatories have called for bold … Continued
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MEDIA RELEASE 14 August 2025 Public consultation opens on new savanna burning method – a major step for Australia’s carbon market and Indigenous-led climate action Wurundjeri Country, Melbourne, Australia – Corporate Carbon Group (CCG), one of the country’s largest and longest-operating savanna fire management project developers, today welcomed the announcement by the Hon. Chris … Continued
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The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) continues its uncompromising crackdown on GST fraud, securing 4 further convictions under Operation Protego. These latest convictions push the total number of individuals held accountable under this operation to 126 sentenced to date, sending an unmistakable message that the ATO will not relent in its pursuit of those who defraud the tax … Continued
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The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) acknowledges the High Court decisions in Commissioner of Taxation v PepsiCo, Inc. and Commission of Taxation v Stokely-Van Camp, Inc. The High Court’s decision confirms PepsiCo, Inc and Stokely-Van Camp, Inc are not liable to pay royalty withholding tax nor diverted profits tax in the matters in dispute. The ATO welcomes … Continued
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Payman backs four-day week push, urges consideration of WA’s unique workforce Western Australia’s only independent Senator, Fatima Payman, has welcomed the ACTU’s push for a four-day working week as a major step forward for Australian workers, while urging that WA’s unique workforce needs are not overlooked. “Unions have always been at the forefront of securing … Continued
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Rewiring Australia welcomes home battery uptake, and calls to keep growing the battery fleet with EVs Rewiring Australia has welcomed the uptake of almost 30,000 home batteries since the federal government’s rebates came into effect on July 1. The organisation has hailed the 30% subsidy, set to run until 2030, as a crucial … Continued
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The federal government should expand the roles of care workers, nurses and allied health professionals to improve the productivity and quality of healthcare. In its submission to the Economic Reform Roundtable, Catholic Health Australia (CHA) argues that the current health system is being hamstrung by rigid scope-of-practice rules that waste the skills of care workers, … Continued
