Media releases

Today in Sydney I met with my New Zealand counterpart, Dr Michael Cullen, to discuss the importance of the bilateral relationship between our two nations.

The OECD's latest Economic Outlook paints picture of solid growth, but it also confirms the scope of the inflation challenge the Rudd Government has inherited and the difficult long-term task ahead

Today's release of a new Statement on the Conduct of Monetary Policy represents a new era of independence and transparency for the Reserve Bank.

Today's National Accounts provide an important picture of the Australian economy.

Today I call on families, individuals, business and community groups to submit their ideas for the Government's first Budget, as we go about meeting the big economic challenges Australia faces.

More than 2.7 million small businesses have begun to share in the benefits of the mining boom thanks to major new tax relief measures starting for businesses across the country this week.

The Australian Government will join the World Bank's Program for Economic Resilience, Investment and Social Assistance in Indonesia (PERISAI) by providing a contingent loan along with the Asian

More than 1.3 million working Australians will benefit from an increase in national minimum wages from 1 July 2012.

The Gillard Government will deliver much-needed cost of living relief to millions of Australian households in the 2012-13 Budget, including a new Benefits of the Boom package.

Today we are pleased to release the Treasury's climate change mitigation policy modelling assumptions book as part of our commitment to developing an economically responsible Carbon Pollution Red