Australia’s trump card to avoid a recession
Australia has one advantage over international economies for avoiding a recession, the Reserve Bank deputy governor says.
Federal Budget
Two groups ‘first to be sacked’ in a recession
With fears Australia’s economy could be impacted by a looming global recession, two groups of workers are most at risk of losing their jobs.
‘Substantial impact’: Chalmers’ grim warning
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned of another major hit to the cost of living crisis as flooding inundates crucial farmland.
What the stage three tax cuts mean for you
The Prime Minister is facing mounting pressure to scrap the stage three tax cuts with the federal budget just days away.
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Kochie’s verdict on the Budget
THE average Aussie is asset-rich, cash-poor, frustrated and disenchanted … so is this Budget the answer to all our financial woes?
Defence spending fast tracked
AUSTRALIA will fast track its spending on military hardware including an increased presence on offshore counter terrorism operations in the 2017 Budget.
A long way from ‘lifters and leaners’
OPINION: It raises taxes, invests in skills and training and increases spending in social welfare areas. Treasurer Scott Morrison’s second Federal Budget smells suspiciously like ALP spirit.
Child abuse victims to be compensated
CHILD sex abuse survivors will get access to payments of up to $150,000 under a new redress scheme beginning mid next year.
States need to stump up on homeless
STATES will need to meet key outcomes on homelessness or risk being forced to pay back Commonwealth funding.
Budget 2017: Census funds slashed
THE 2016 Census became a national joke but the Federal Budget is slashing funds for the next survey, with millions of dollars and hundreds of jobs to go.
Smokers stung by higher costs
ROLL-your-own tobacco and cigars will cost more under a government move to align their taxation with manufactured cigarettes.
Good times are coming, says Morrison
TREASURER Scott Morrison is banking on “better days ahead” as he unveils a big-spending, big-taxing Budget including an $8 billion hike in the Medicare levy. Work out what it means for you with our Budget calculator.
Tourism one of Budget’s big losers
AUSTRALIA’s $100 billion tourism industry was hit hard in Scott Morrison’s Budget on the back of funding cuts and a rise in visiting costs.
Blow to state’s biggest project
QUEENSLAND received hundreds of millions in infrastructure funding in the Federal Budget, but the item at the top of the state’s wish list has been sadly neglected. What Queensland gets
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