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Spiro Premetis

April

Anthony Albanese has ridiculed the S&P Global warning that Australia’s prized AAA credit rating could be at risk due to surging off-budget spending and deteriorating budget fundamentals and blamed the previous Coalition government for the fiscal position.

Mocking S&P’s credit warning risks Australia’s prosperity

The nation’s AAA rating is not an ornament. It was hard-won through decades of careful fiscal management by successive governments.

January

Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

Nine red flags for budget watchers

Labor has a choice: deliver a pre-election budget that builds Australia’s future or keep sailing blindly towards another decade of debts and deficits.

November 2024

It was designed to be independent, to make sound investments, and to deliver financial returns for all Australians.

Hands off, the Future Fund is not a political slush pool

Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ plan means that a cornerstone of Australia’s financial security is suddenly viewed as a mere piggy bank for the latest government whim.

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