Grim prediction for interest rates
Aussie homeowners have been warned to brace for more interest rate pain, with economists at one major bank making a big prediction.
Federal Budget
Chalmers says ScoMo ‘left us a mess’
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has barely had time to warm his seat as new data shows just how tricky the road ahead is going to be.
ASX rallies to cap volatile week
The Australian sharemarket followed Wall Street higher to finish the week higher.
Big changes to buy now, pay later
The hyper-competitive buy now, pay later sector has a brand new player – a name that many will be familiar with.
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Joe the Ripper unleashes bloodshed
OPINION: Like any good horror movie, the really scarey part of Treasurer Joe Hockey’s 2014 Budget comes right at the end, says Jessica Irvine.
Prescription costs set to rise
PATIENTS will have to pay extra for prescription medicines as the price of a script will rise, so the Government can save $1.3 billion.
Hockey’s razor gang targets wealthy
TREASURER Joe Hockey confirms workers earning over $180,000 will help “repair” the budget by paying a 49 per cent tax rate under a temporary levy.
Defence spared deficit axe
MORE than 2200 defence civilians and contractors will be sacked to yield savings of $600 million to a steadily growing defence budget.
A Budget from a Dummies Guide
OPINION: This Federal Budget comes from the Dummies Guide For Politicians – and it’s way more cautious than the reality as David Koch explains.
Will this mean a cure for cancer?
THEY’RE our most feared illnesses – cancer, Alzheimers and heart disease. Now Joe Hockey wants your cash to find a cure.
Now it’s time for ‘Hockeynomics’
UNEMPLOYMENT at six per cent, shrinking pay packets, public sector job cuts and the long hard road back to surplus: welcome to the brave new world of ‘Hockeynomics’.
Foreign aid axed as spooks survive
WHILE the AFP and spooks in the Australian Secret Intelligence Service had minor cuts, there’s been a massive reversal in fortune for the world’s poor.
Two minute guide to tonight’s Budget
DO you drive a car? See a doctor? Are you a pensioner or on a disability pension? Or do you earn more than $180,000? If so, you need to read this.
What Hockey won’t say tonight
AS we wait to see what’s in the Budget, we’ll bet Joe Hockey won’t say any of these things. He’s probably thinking them though.
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