Budget slammed for making ‘life harder’
Victorians will see fewer infrastructure projects and a multi-billion dollar first homebuyer scheme will be retired in Treasurer Tim Pallas 10th state budget.
Victorians will see fewer infrastructure projects and a multi-billion dollar first homebuyer scheme will be retired in Treasurer Tim Pallas 10th state budget.
The Treasurer has left the door open to “additional steps” to boost welfare payments in next week’s federal budget.
Releasing its fresh quarterly forecasts, the central bank painted a gloomy picture on the path for inflation, with one essential cost for many playing a key role.
Despite concerns raised by some economists, federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers is set to reject calls for further austerity in the upcoming May budget.
A major question about how a major overhaul to student debts will be handled has been answered.
The chief executive of one of Australia’s biggest banks has laid bare the stress Aussie homeowners are going through.
As the government puts its finishing touches on next week’s budget, one group of Australians is pleading with them to do something that ‘cannot wait’.
The government is under increasing pressure to do more to address domestic violence in this month’s budget, as a starling update on a $169m pledge comes to light.
Labor has a difficult task ahead as it looks to support Australians doing it tough while not adding to inflation.
Slashing the structural deficit, easing inflationary pressures, and bolstering productivity must be priorities, the Paris-based organisation has argued.
Australian shares notched a tepid bounce on Thursday following some dovish rhetoric from the US Fed and positive sentiment around half-year results from NAB.
Aussie shares slumped on the first day of the new month as anxieties mount about US inflation and interest rates.
Amid a backlash from economists and industry experts, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has unveiled an overhaul of foreign investment policy.
Aussie stocks edged higher on Tuesday after a slump in retail sales pushed back fears of impending rate hikes.
The Greens have declared their support for a controversial multibillion-dollar renewable energy project that has inflamed passions and divided a state.
Stubborn inflation, strong jobs growth, and a rebounding economy could force the Reserve Bank to deliver further rate hikes, economists have warned.
While it is expected the budget will remain in surplus, welfare recipients holding out for relief are set to be disappointed.
The federal government has answered calls from an Australian sporting legend after he detailed his own experience living with an incurable brain disorder.
Young Aussies are about to be hit with another major increase to their tax bill, but there are signs relief could be on the way.
Income tax receipts gushed into Treasury coffers last year to a record high, fresh ABS data has revealed.
Students saddled with unpaid placements and soaring debts could be in line for relief in next month’s Federal Budget, the Treasurer has hinted.
Despite repeated denials that an overhaul to the stage 3 tax cuts was not being considered, newly released documents have revealed otherwise.
A bitter fight has been reignited over a contentious carve up that the NSW government says will leave the state almost $12bn worse off.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has issued a sobering warning about the nation’s budget as international tensions increase.
As Australians eagerly await what is in next month’s budget, the Treasurer has given some major hints during a speech in Washington DC.
Young renters in two Australian capital cities are worse off now than a year ago, despite benefit payments increasing.
New analysis has painted a grim picture for millions of Aussies in debt, and it comes with a plea to do something urgently.
Funding for defence projects will undergo a major shake-up after a landmark report found the Defence Force was not “fit for purpose”.
With Beijing dominating the rare earths market, the Prime Minister is set to step up investment.
Australia’s largest hardware chain has come under fierce scrutiny over allegations it has used its market power to mistreat plant suppliers.
Australian shares slipped on Monday trading as investors price in rising geopolitical uncertainty in the Middle East.
Amid warnings over the government’s recently announced Future Made in Australia plan, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said taxpayer funds would not be wasted.
As one city begins plans to build Sydney’s third major city, Planning Minister Paul Scully has issued a call to arms for developers and businesses to invest in the site.
Anthony Albanese has dropped some major pre-budget hints in a new speech as he outlines his plan for a future made in Australia.
The Albanese government’s overhaul of mergers policy follows concerns that anti-competitive takeover deals are stifling innovation and cause price hikes.
Tens of thousands of survivors have been paid redress, but advocacy groups are warning more could slip through the cracks unless the government props them up.
One of the biggest costs to taxpayers is getting put under the microscope ahead of next month’s federal budget.
After a sharp sell-off during Wednesday’s session, the sharemarket unwound some, but far from all, of its losses on Thursday.
The Prime Minister has dropped a new hint on what Australians could expect in next month’s federal budget.
Australia’s 2.6 million small and medium businesses could be key to unlocking the next wave of productivity growth.
The Albanese government is under pressure to help fix the workforce problems in the childcare sector.
The Prime Minister has dropped a sneaky hint of what Australians can expect to see in the upcoming federal budget.
The Prime Minister has dropped a sneaky hint of what Australians can expect to see in the upcoming federal budget.
The Albanese government has been called to scrap a test that experts say is unfairly punishing low income families and keeping women out of work.
The Albanese government has been called to scrap a test that experts say is unfairly punishing low income families and keeping women out of work.
A student who had no idea her university debt would surge has lashed Australia’s “broken” HECS system – declaring it’s becoming “impossible” for Gen Z to go to uni.
The federal government has urged Australia’s wage umpire not to use incoming tax relief as an excuse to halt lifting wages.
Australia risks falling short on its national housing targets unless 90,000 more tradies are recruited in three months.
Australia’s surging mining giants pushed the ASX higher on the day the Reserve Bank left the cash rate unchanged.
Aged Care Minister Anika Wells said overseas issues were putting pressure on prices, causing Australia’s cost of living crunch
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