Australia will impose a new tax on mining projects, cut company tax rates and boost workers' pension savings in a sweeping pre-election overhaul.

The Government wants feedback on a proposed change to stop foreign investors being over-taxed when they invest in New Zealand.

Andrew King asks whether rental property is really the cause of all our problems.

Inland Revenue Department applications to liquidate troubled companies plummeted to almost zero at one point last year.

Mary Holm's financial advice column features an accountant who's fed up with complaining landlords.

Pat Baker, a $10 million landlady and grandmother, is bristling about being blamed for wrecking the economy.

Housing confidence is on the rise in Auckland, while a new survey is showing growing uncertainty about tax changes and rising interest rates.

Finance Minister Bill English has poured cold water on hopes of a cut in the top income tax rate to 30 per cent.

Finance Minister Bill English was today forced to defend the Govt's plan to raise GST after parliamentary rivals accused him of telling "porkies."