$34-a-day demand to beat Aussie crisis
The Albanese government has been issued an urgent demand that would see nearly a million Aussies about $12,000 better off per year.
Federal Budget
’Knows what’s coming’: Dark warning to Albo
The global economic conditions are “deteriorating” and will inevitably result in a recession, an Australian politician has claimed.
Why Aussies will miss out on $50bn windfall
Australians looking for help with the cost of living have been told to look elsewhere despite the budget expected to be $50bn better off.
’Shutdown’ that’s affected 30k Aussie families
An estimated 30,000 families have been affected by strike action today in what’s been described as a “shutdown” of one fed-up sector.
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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’.
Hire an oldie, get $10,000
THERE’S not much for older folk to smile about this Budget, but mature workers — and there will soon be a lot more of them — get an opportunity.
The other debt levies you’ve paid
THE Abbott Government is asking Australians to pay a deficit levy – but its not the first time our pockets have been raided. Here are the other levies you’ve paid.
Super penalties removed
OPINION: People who pump too much money into their super fund by mistake will no longer be slugged with penalties. Anthony Keane explains why.
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.
Hockey’s $80bn for new roads
TREASURER Joe Hockey has confirmed the Government will spend more than $80 billion on roads, to be funded by a change in the fuel excise.
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