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Economic growth in Southeast Asia is forecast to drop from 5.6% in 2022 to 4.6% this year, pressured by weaker demand as the global economy slows, says the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Tory leader says voters should 'do what’s best for the country' to help loosen the nationalists’ grip on Scotland

Finland has been the happiest country on earth for the past six years, according to the World Happiness Survey. This survey relies on the Cantril ladder life evaluation question:

Surprise first-year windfall suggests stopgap tax measure is being underestimated and may be badly designed

Why the much-protested Gallic gold card system has no similarity to ours.

Educational institutes should play an important role in instilling and teaching people about honesty, says Niwatchai Kasemmongkol, secretary general of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).

A think tank has called for an end to political and fiscal incentives that harm public services and hinder economic growth.

Experts also suggest scrapping the stage-3 tax cuts, placing a price on carbon and removing fossil fuel subsidies

Asked to choose measures by efficiency, 40 per cent chose increased or new taxes on land, while 39 per cent chose more resource taxes.

Country gives just $1 in assistance for every $10 that goes to defence, humanitarian groups say

Asked to find an extra A$20 billion per year to fund government priorities like building nuclear submarines and responding to climate change, Australia’s top economists overwhelmingly back land tax, increased resource taxes, an attack on negative gearing and extending the scope of the goods and services tax.