News Articles for Andrew Leigh

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe has laid out a major shake-up of the central bank in the wake of a wide-ranging review into the institution.

New forecasts from a key housing body signal a slowdown in home building as interest rates and construction costs take a toll.

Helping WA's most vulnerable will mean enabling non-government providers.

The federal treasurer is hoping Australia can avoid a recession due to its strong economic fundamentals.

Global economies should not give up on corporate tax despite the challenges of collecting taxes from large multinationals skilled at exploiting tax havens.

Businesses dabbling in price fixing and other anti-competitive behaviour will be hit with harsher punishments under proposed legislation.

A scaling back of penalty rates for hospitality and retail workers on Sundays was among the major recommendations in the Productivity Commission's draft workplace relations framework released today.