This is as predictable as it is awful to watch:
Australia’s biggest corporate taxpayer, BHP, and the federal government’s productivity adviser are at loggerheads over a proposal to introduce a cash-flow tax on companies, undermining Jim Chalmers’ push to achieve consensus at his economic roundtable.
Instead of tax, which will be the final topic discussed on day three, Chalmers is prioritising consensus from business, unions, and the states to cut red tape and speed up approvals for building homes, clean energy and infrastructure, as a key outcome of the meeting.
