Budget’s $5.5m to investigate Optus hack
The federal government has promised to dedicate millions of dollars to “investigate and respond” to the massive cyber attack which rocked Optus.
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Budget adds fuel to heated rail loop debate
The clash over the most expensive rail project ever planned in Victoria is set to dominate a frantic final month of state election campaigning.
New budget cuts ‘just the beginning’
Jim Chalmers has hinted there are more “hard decisions” to come, with this year’s budget only the beginning of cuts to government spending.
One group to miss out in budget
One group of Australians has missed out in Labor’s first budget in nearly 10 years, with no short-term relief in sight.
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$35 million threat to tourism jobs
TOURISM industry leaders have warned the Budget could put jobs at risk if funding cuts and visa fee hikes result in a downturn of international visitors.
Labor to oppose repair levy axe
LABOR will oppose the Turnbull Government’s plan to scrap the budget repair levy, arguing it is a tax cut for the rich when the Medicare levy is rising for every Australian.
Defiant banks set to pass on $6.2bn levy
AUSTRALIA’S big banks are threatening to pass on a $6.2 billion tax bill to their customers and shareholders.
PM slams dole drug test critics
PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull will stare down welfare advocates critical of the government’s plan to drug test some new dole recipients, labelling an attack on the budget proposal “disappointing”.
Govt under pressure to use Whyalla steel
LABOR, the Nick Xenophon Team and the Greens have combined to demand the Federal Government ensure that Whyalla steel is used to construct the planned Melbourne-to-Brisbane inland railway.
The Budget’s winners and losers
BETTER childcare rebates make working parents with toddlers winners, while lower and middle income families with school kids face cuts. HOW DO YOU COMPARE?
Anger as SA ‘dudded’ in Budget
SOUTH Australia has been “dudded” and “severely short changed” by missing out on any significant infrastructure spending in the Federal Budget, a plethora of industry groups and politicians say.
Bank levy ‘a tax on every Australian’
THE CEO of one of Australia’s big four banks has warned that the new levy announced in last night’s Budget will be passed on to customers.
Energy reset to keep lights on — but Kouts says SA ignored
CASH will be splashed on a big energy projects that the Coalition hopes will keep the lights on in SA — but the State Government says we’ve been “completely ignored” in infrastructure spending.
‘This is huge’: Relief for highway headache
ONE of Queensland’s biggest nightmares is set to come to an end for motorists who have endured years of frustrating queues and gridlock on the Bruce Highway.
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