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The highest-paid Commonwealth secretary heads, Jenny Wilkinson and Steven Kennedy.

‘Questions have to be asked’: Tribunal to review $1m bureaucrat salaries

The first review in 15 years will seek to boost public confidence in the way public servants are paid.

  • Nick Newling

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Danielle Wood, CBA CEO Matt Comyn and ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb at the economic roundtable on Thursday, August 21, 2025.

Up to $60k a day each: The cost of inviting execs to sit at Chalmers’ roundtable

Many of the people at the treasurer’s economic roundtable are earning six or seven figures, but there’s one whose single-day appearance is worth more than $60,000.

  • Millie Muroi
Treasury secretary Steven Kennedy and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher at the Senate hearing on Wednesday.

Treasury boss rejects politicisation claims, denies costing Coalition lunch policy

Steven Kennedy has emphatically rejected Coalition claims that Treasury has been politicised by the past ministerial postings of its top bureaucrats.

  • Millie Muroi and Shane Wright
Steven Kennedy has rejected suggestions the Treasury department has become politicised after Treasurer Jim Chalmers asked for the Coalition's lunch policy to be costed by the department.
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Treasury secretary rejects politicisation claims

Steven Kennedy has rejected suggestions the Treasury department has become politicised after Treasurer Jim Chalmers asked for the Coalition's lunch policy to be costed by the department.

Treasury secretary Steven Kennedy warned any tax reforms needed to be revenue neutral.

Economic growth ‘very weak’ but better days around the corner

The head of Treasury says while soft consumer spending will lead to subdued economic growth, household budgets will fare better in the second half of the year.

  • Shane Wright and Rachel Clun
Treasury secretary Steven Kennedy says bracket creep has put downward pressure on inflation over the last 3 years.

You might not like it, but bracket creep is aiding the inflation fight: Treasury boss

The head of the federal Treasury, Steven Kennedy, says bracket creep has been a helpful stabilising force over the past three years.

  • Shane Wright
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The battle for an established home is likely to get even tougher with further signs of a collapse in new dwelling approvals.

Collapse in new home approvals tipped to worsen housing affordability crisis

The data comes as Treasury secretary Steven Kennedy warns the Australian economy may have already entered a weak period of growth.

  • Shane Wright
The leak of a confidential government plan to combat corporate tax avoidance has created a global crisis for PwC.

PwC horror show claims fresh casualties, with more damage on cards

Given the current mood of the Senate, the latest round of estimates hearing is unlikely to throw up any good news for the professional services firm.

  • Sarah Danckert
Dr Steven Kennedy: ‘The solution to high prices is high prices.’

Treasury thinks the unthinkable: Yes, intervene in coal and gas markets

How to respond when a shock rattles the economic holy grail of the price mechanism?

  • Ross Gittins
Consumers are planning to slice their Christmas spending as high inflation and rising interest rates sap shopper confidence.

Not a merry Christmas: consumers hit by inflation and rates

Inflation and interest rates have consumers planning to slice Christmas spending amid warnings the global economic outlook is deteriorating.

  • Shane Wright