Jim Chalmers risks his political capital on a high-stakes gamble, breaking election vows to target housing perks in a bid to deliver lasting economic reform.

Independent MPs are forgiving of Labor’s broken promises to reform housing taxes but the capital gains tax changes for ...

The idea that the budget was sound until global instability intervened is political fiction. Our economic problems were ...

Reged Ahmad speaks with Mike Ticher, Patrick Keneally and Sarah Martin about when broken promises matter in politics ...

As you know, this is an election year. I think your readers should be aware of some of the more common “promises” candidates will make. One of the most common is to “cut income taxes.” If that was ...

Long-overdue changes to the capital gains tax and negative gearing arrangements are a practical move to help young ...

Promises Kept Trump has kept about 19% of his promises, including on his first day, when he pardoned the defendants of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol. In July 2025, he signed an ...

Despite previously promising not to touch negative gearing and capital gains tax, this budget will include reform of both.

Trump fulfilled a decent chunk of his domestic agenda in his first year — enforcing hardline immigration policies, withdrawing from international organizations and signing a Republican-backed tax and ...

Promises and pie-crust,” Jonathan Swift wrote in 1738, “are made to be broken.” Vladimir Lenin, who liked the line, treated ...

Coalition of Nigerian Women Representatives has bemoaned the inadequate number of Nigerian women in the political space.Delivering a speech at a Press conference in Abuja, on “BROKEN PROMISES. MISSING ...

The obsession with whether governments have broken campaign promises is shrinking political ambition and discouraging the ...