GST can kill ‘Zombie’ GP fee
THE controversial $5 GP fee has mutated: Now patients face being bitten by an extra $8 charge to see a doctor as a result of a new freeze on Medicare rebates in the Budget.
Federal Budget
The people who got nothing in the Budget
IN EVERY Budget, and at every election, there’s one important group of people who are ignored by politicians – and they’re sick of it.
The Budget: Your 5-minute guide
HOW will the 2015 Budget affect you? Are you a winner or a loser? This five-minute guide gives you the rundown on all you need to know.
Massive problem Budget ignored
IT’S the elephant in the room. The massive problem everyday Aussies are struggling with, but it didn’t rate a mention in the Budget and it appears there is no plan to fix it.
Budget’s real winners and losers
SOME people won big time, and some really lost out. How did your Budget scorecard fare this year? We have the answers.
We’ve got unfinished business: Hockey
TREASURER Joe Hockey says there is still a lot of “unfinished business” the Coalition wanted to achieve before going to an election.
Why you’ll pay for getting that promotion
‘GET out there and have a go’, Hockey says. Well, there are two little words you probably missed in his Budget speech last night that should make you think twice.
Yes, Pyne’s a ‘Fixer’ after all
HE FAMOUSLY said he would fix it, and now it’s done. Sort of. So what exactly was the “surprise” Christopher Pyne promised taxpayers?
Latham takes down Kochie on Sunrise
THINGS got heated on Sunrise this morning, with Mark Latham cutting loose over the Budget and taking a stab at Kochie. It was seriously entertaining.
How to claim $20,000 tax break
SMALL businesses were the big winners of the Budget. Many Aussies will be able to claim a $20,000 tax break – here’s how.
It’s Joe Hockey’s ‘Viagra Budget’
THE Treasurer’s second attempt at a Budget has been labelled his “Viagra Budget” because it delivers “excessive stimulation”.
The hidden meaning behind the Budget
WE’VE cut through the spin. Deciphered the polliespeak. And hidden behind the words of Joe Hockey’s speech were some interesting meanings.
Are you eligible for a $20K tax break?
EVERYONE is talking about the $20,000 tax deduction for small businesses announced in last night’s budget. But what exactly is it and are you eligible?
Absurd things you’re paying for in the Budget
HIDDEN between the many, many pages of the Federal Budget are some doozies. This is how the government is using your money.
‘Is this what political retreat looks like?’
HOW did Treasurer Joe Hockey respond to that question from 7.30’s Leigh Sales straight after delivering the Government’s second Budget in Parliament?
Why Julie Bishop looked so unhappy
SHE was the supportive minister in the background as Treasurer Joe Hockey made his Budget speech last night, but her face told a different story.
Hockey jump-starts nation’s engine
AUSTRALIA’S road to economic recovery will be paved with a $5.5 billion small business and jobs stimulus package Treasurer Joe Hockey claims is the largest and most ambitious in the nation’s history.
The heated interview you can’t miss
IT WAS undoubtedly the interview of the evening. Lateline host Emma Alberici fired up in a heated discussion that had the Finance Minister nervous.
Meet Joe Hockey’s big Budget winners
WORKING parents with young children are the biggest Budget winners, exclusive and independent modelling by PwC for The Daily Telegraph reveals. CARE PLAN BOUND TO PROVE COSTLY
MH370 search to blow out to $100M
SEARCHING for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 is proving a costly exercise with Australia’s contribution nearing $80 million in two years.
The winners and losers of the Budget
THE Budget is full of sweeteners for small businesses and families, with the aim of securing Joe Hockey and Tony Abbott’s jobs.
One Budget speech is on everyone’s lips
THE Government may have glossed over one of the nation’s biggest social issues, but Waleed Aly has tackled it head-on.
What the government’s really up to
JOE Hockey’s choice of words during the Budget bonanza last night was very interesting. This is what he and Tony Abbott are thinking.
Childcare plan a bonanza for some families
FAMILIES earning $60,000 a year with three children would be entitled to childcare subsidies worth more than their entire pay packet under the Abbott government’s generous new families package.
Energised Joe works hard for the money
TOURING the media’s budget lockup in Canberra yesterday afternoon, Treasurer Joe Hockey’s moist palms and chewed-down fingernails belied his jaunty smile and upbeat rhetoric.
Joe Hockey’s inbox is full
NEARLY 10,000 people have flooded Joe Hockey’s inbox with angry emails in a bid to derail his budget preparations. But do you agree with their gripe?
Why the government is in big trouble
BALANCING the Budget has just become a lot harder. If Joe Hockey can get it right — he really will deserve that cigar. Here’s what he’s up against.
He said what? Premier stuns with GST remark
THE battle over GST dollars just got nasty with WA Premier Colin Barnett using his state’s help to Victoria during deadly bushfires to leverage more money in ‘disgusting’ move.
Australia could become ‘Greece of the south’
AS Joe Hockey says there may be no bottom to the iron ore price slump and the World Bank predicted a further slowdown for China, Gina Rinehart issued a dire warning.
‘Morbid joke’: Abbott attacked
FORGET Labor. Today, Tony Abbott is copping it from a very senior figure on his own side of politics. What’s behind the spat?
Costello slams Abbott’s ‘joke’ plan
FORMER treasurer Peter Costello has taken an extraordinary swipe at the Abbott government, sparking a war of words with Joe Hockey.
‘Netflix Tax’ set to cost billions
THE songs, movies and streaming services we buy online will become dearer from next month under a new plan to tax the companies that sell them.
The changes coming to a budget near you
ASSISTANT Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the May budget won’t have the same “shock and awe” as last year’s.
The biggest tax reform since the 1950s
WANT to pay less tax? Tell Joe Hockey how and why and your ideas might end up in the Coalition’s election policies.
Joe Hockey’s big slide show
IT TOOK a slide show and a promise of family-friendly measures from Treasurer Joe Hockey to calm backbench unrest over contradictory Budget plans.
The truth behind that epic eye-roll
IT made for entertaining viewing, but the real dilemma behind Julie Bishop’s exasperated emoji face is one that could come back to bite us all.
Big end of town’s Budget worries
YOU’RE not the only one worried about the upcoming budget. Businesses are too. But probably not for the same reason.
Australia, we really need to talk about this
TONY Abbott’s ‘lifestyle choices’ gaffe doesn’t make him a racist, Ray Martin says. He’s actually started a conversation that we really need to have.
‘Is the Budget on hold?’
“WHO’S actually running the show?” These are the questions being asked as Treasurer Joe Hockey divides his time between a courtroom and parliament.
The alternative to Pyne’s uni plan
OPPOSITION Leader Bill Shorten says Labor won’t “harvest” students for their fees. But does his policy make any sense?
PM’s gaffe misses the point
A ‘LIFESTYLE choice’ is deciding to dress like a hipster – not to be Aboriginal in a remote community. But Tony Abbott is right to question whether taxpayers should still be picking up the tab.
Doesn’t Joe have better things to do?
TONY Abbott today rejected suggestions Treasurer Joe Hockey was ignoring ministerial duties to fight a court action just a few weeks short of the Budget.
Taxes could rise to record levels
JOE Hockey has warned that if Australia doesn’t do something to change its economic future, we run the risk of working longer with more taxes.
’Technology development has slowed’
YOU might be able to pay for your groceries with your phone, but better technology isn’t going to save our economy in the future.
Tony Abbott’s big ‘I told you so’
TODAY the government will have a crack at predicting what our Budget will look like in 40 years … even though their last one fell in a heap after just six months.
Abbott surrenders on Defence pay
TONY Abbott today relented on another major policy position by increasing a pay rise for the armed services from 1.5 per cent to two per cent.
Will this save the Abbott government?
A KEY report on the future of childcare recommends a revolution that will affect all Aussie families – and it could be key to the survival of the government.
The big budget cut that will affect us all
EVERY five years, we all fill out the census, giving us a snapshot of the entire nation. Here’s why plans to cut out a few people is a big really deal.
Remember when the budget would cure cancer?
OUR quest for a medical breakthrough looks decidedly ill after the Health Minister hinted dropped a big hint today.
The great big budget lie exposed
IT WAS the budget proposal that was supposed to improve our bottom line. But figures show that it will actually cost taxpayers more money than we could save.
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