Articles On Chalmers (ASX:CHR)

The AFR’s rich list for 2026 shows how property plays were important to our successful Aussies’ wealth-building, but is the Budget set to KO all that for anyone hoping to get richer one day? At a time when the Albanese Government is punishi...

Poor productivity is bedevilling the Australian economy, with levels heading in the wrong direction for Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

Based on the 2026–27 Federal Budget, the Australian Government expects its comprehensive tax reform package – anchored by changes to Capital Gains Tax (CGT) and negative gearing – to raise just over $40 billion over 10 years. On an annual b...

Superannuation has been a big winner from this month’s budget changes that introduced higher taxes for investors using trusts, negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount. Super became one of the few options with a minimum tax rate...

Bank of Queensland Ltd (ASX: BOQ) shares have fallen further into the red on Tuesday morning. At the time of writing, the shares are down around 1% to a two-year low of $5.94 a piece. The latest decline means the shares are now around 1...

The Productivity Commission chair, Danielle Wood wants Jim Chalmers to boldly boost our productivity, but has she underlined why Donald Trump and Pauline Hanson have more fans nowadays? At a time when Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is chan...

Anyone hoping that the Albanese Government will cave in on its proposed capital gains tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing changes better lower their expectations, with Labor and the Greens in horse-trading mode, which is not a good omen...

QMines (ASX:QML) is moving quickly at Mt Chalmers, with specialist workstreams underway, fresh exploration news building, and Queensland’s copper-gold story gaining pace.The big picture:Mt Chambers: Seven specialist workstreams underway.Mt...

The Treasurer’s controversial Budget will be put under the microscope today by Senators and the RBA boss. Will Dr Jim get a thumbs up or down as the economy slides? Today the Governor of the Reserve Bank will face off with Senators of diffe...

At The Bell — Australian shares are set to open lower this morning, after Iran and the U.S. restarted hostilities. These attacks were centralised around Kuwait, where Tehran’s forces staged drone strikes against the city’s main airport – ov...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has seized on a splurge of business spending into data centres as evidence the private sector is driving Australia’s economy.

The difficult year continued yesterday for ASX financials stocks Bank of Queensland Ltd (ASX: BOQ) and MA Financial Group Ltd (ASX: MAF).  Both companies hit fresh 52-week lows after falling roughly 1.5% each.  Bank of Queensland sha...

The Treasurer has hit out at critics who claim he has too much power over controversial changes to the CGT and negative gearing.

Wilson Asset Management founder Geoff Wilson AO says the budget’s capital gains tax change will not just raise the tax investors pay, it will change how they invest. Speaking on the new-look Switzer TV, he argued the policy pushes Australi...

The RBA has assessed why inflation spiked causing interest rate rises but who is to blame? And who is to blame for falling house prices? Let’s get forensic on this one. Secret notes made by Reserve Bank officials for an RBA board meeting la...

Much has been made of the recent federal budget, which was, hands down, one of the most controversial in years. Early last month, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers made the annual reveal of exactly how much money th...

QMines (ASX:QML) is ‘rapidly’ progressing its Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) workstreams at the Mt Chalmers Copper and Gold Project, located 17km northeast of Rockhampton in Queensland. Current workstreams include environmental appro...

It’s easy to get lost on the way to Synchron’s office at Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York City. Even after passing through the security gate, and little guard house, you won’t find the brain chip maker’s name on the board that lists other ten...

The median age of Australian property investors has risen during the past 25 years, with the Reserve Bank revealing new data as Treasurer Jim Chalmers introduced a capital gains tax and negative gearing bill.

Greetings and welcome to HotCopper’s the ASX Today for Thursday, I’m Jon Davidson and we’re looking at another red day on the bourse as confidence around the US peace deal with Iran remains where it was before the peace deal and following a...

Business groups have called on the Government to limit its capital gains tax changes to housing only or risk stifling investment, but Treasurer Jim Chalmers has all but ruled this out.

The boss of Australia’s biggest lender has backed in Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ controversial capital gains tax reforms but has urged the Government to reconsider attaching them to assets outside of real estate.

Copper’s supply crunch is opening a window for ASX juniors with credible tonnes and faster-moving projects Pivotal, CuFe and Caravel show three routes in: polymetallic upside, early revenue and major-scale development With EVs, renewables,...

Get it out. Two people have misled us. Chalmers! Booooo! Albo! Booooo! OK – exorcism complete… (phew!) Like many of you, I’m trying to screw my head back on after this budget. And I’m making a conscious effort to move past the budget headl...

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) shares have softened 0.1% at the time of writing on Tuesday afternoon, to $164.43 a piece.  For context, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is down 0.52% at the time of writing. Despite t...

The next federal election in 2028 looks set to be a battle of the tax plans. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has dropped hints Labor may deliver more tax cuts for wage earners. Meanwhile, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has promised to fix “bracket c...

Chalmers called this budget tax reform. Investors call it vandalism. Will you sign this petition about a Budget that quietly reaches into the pockets of aspirational Aussies? Albo and his cronies thought no one would notice. They were wron...

The team behind $418m copper success story Avanco Resources is returning, looking for the next Mt Isa copper discovery Clock ticking for Glencore’s Mt Isa smelter but Rockspan Resources has tantalising ground immediately next door Queensla...

Several big issues have emerged over plans to take a slice of discretionary trusts, including that making testamentary trusts ‘tax-compliant’ could erode critical asset protection benefits.

One way the Albanese government has recently tapped into social media audiences for its budgets is by inviting “influencers” to Canberra for the event. This broadens the audience and often garners favourable publicity. This year, the prime...

While our Reserve Bank may often be late to the party, this increase in unemployment should crash any view that there’ll be more rate rises ahead. After three interest rate hikes this year and a surge in petrol prices, which has been akin t...

The Albanese Government’s fourth intervention to purge Northern Minerals’ share register of mysterious Chinese entities has been defended by Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

WA’s mining sector remains worried about the Federal Government’s capital gains tax shake-up despite an in-person charm offensive by Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

The Treasurer has again been forced to defend contentious, promise-breaking Budget as he hits out at ‘scare campaign’.

The Treasurer has given a firm commitment to maintaining WA’s current GST share, on his post-Budget trip to Perth.

Bond markets around the world are selling off, hard. It’s an almost global shift. Yet, in each country, the financial media try to blame local factors. The Aussie media is hounding the poor Treasurer for his budget blitzkrieg. The Australi...

Got a tax problem in your neighbourhood? Who ya gonna call? Working class hero and antique clock collector Paul Keating. But he’s not here to bust myths, he’s here to make them. It was only a matter of time before the national champion of p...

WA startups fear Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ capital gains tax overhaul could dampen investor appetite in what they say is already a dire funding landscape, warning of ‘devastating’ impacts on the ecosystem.

By Chris Brycki, founder of online investment adviser Stockspot. Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ fifth budget may ultimately be remembered for three political miscalculations. 1. Misreading Gen Z’s aspiration Miscalculation one is believing Gen Z h...

Before I begin; I use the term ‘workers’ in this article. It’s not intended to be disparaging. It’s a reference to a label that the Labor Government gives their core constituency. It’s the voting base Labor frequently refers to and says the...

With this year’s budget, the Albanese government has delivered a suite of bold tax reforms aimed at improving Australia’s “intergenerational equity” – particularly young people’s access to home ownership. The reception, however, has been mi...

Northern Minerals bounces as shareholders eye resolution in long-running foreign investment stoush Leeuwin kicks off 5000m drill drive at Marda gold project Castle deals for project near 5Moz Tongon mine in Côte d’Ivoire   Your standout s...

The Albanese government is facing backlash for proposed reforms it says the country needs to fix intergenerational inequity.

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Host Tylah Tully looks at QMines’ (ASX:QML) latest news as the company clears the final hurdle for a $15 million strategic investment from QIC’s Critical Minerals and Battery Technology Fund. As part of the process, QMines converted a $1 mi...

Northern Minerals is hoping the Federal Government’s fourth intervention to rid its register of mysterious Chinese entities will be the last as the miner welcomes orders for their stakes to be sold.

A series of cornerstone property funding agreements establish AEG’s property funds management platform Cowra Fund sets the scene for tapping regional growth, including Bungendore expansion and a business hub CGT changes expected to favour...

Last week’s Federal Budget left us all doing the maths on what the new tax changes would cost us investors. One economist, however, thinks it doesn’t go far enough. Speaking on last night’s new-look Switzer TV, Independent economist Chris R...

The polls are tanking, the entrepreneurs are revolting, and young property buyers are flabbergasted. Will the Parliament reform these reforms? It’s nearly two years before the next election and following the post-Budget ‘mocking’ of Prime M...

In three credible post-budget polls, One Nation is up one to three points, with their victory at the May 9 Farrer byelection probably also contributing. Labor took a hit in Freshwater and Resolve, but not Newspoll. Despite the hit in Resol...