What on Earth is ‘repeal day’?
THINK of it as Christmas for the Liberal party. The PM is celebrating ‘repeal day’ next week – but not everyone is happy about it.
THINK of it as Christmas for the Liberal party. The PM is celebrating ‘repeal day’ next week – but not everyone is happy about it.
AT LEAST 16 people have died in a stampede in Nigeria when hundreds of thousands applied for fewer than 5,000 positions, officials said.
THE number of Australian workers downing tools has quadrupled for the first three months of the Abbott Government.
FORMER Treasury secretary Ken Henry warns the GST has to rise and the Coalition cannot afford policies like its Paid Parental Leave Scheme.
RESERVE Bank deputy governor Philip Lowe has accused Australia of being too ‘risk averse’ when it comes to the economy. Here’s why …
SHADOW treasurer Chris Bowen disagrees that an increase to the GST is inevitable.
THE GDP might be rising but high unemployment has led to a fall in business conditions, according to NAB’s latest business survey.
IT was summers labouring for his father’s plumbing business as a university student that steeled Spotless boss Bruce Dixon for later life in the workforce.
IF left unchecked, the disability support pension will pay double the jobless allowance in 15 years, creating an incentive for people to rort the payment.
QANTAS says its carbon price bill will rise to $120 million this financial year as it joins the campaign against the emissions levy.
INDUSTRY analysts are questioning last year’s bumper car sales after a sharp decline in figures for the start of 2014.
The RBA has left interest rates on hold at 2.5 per cent in March, in a move that was widely expected by markets.
NEW figures show unemployment queues are stretched to their limit with an extra 44,000 people receiving benefits in the past year.
THE government is drafting laws to allow foreign ownership for Qantas amid reports the national airline could sack 5000 workers.
UPDATE: A LONE protester has tried to gain access to one of the hotels seconded for the G20 finance ministers’ meeting in Sydney.
SAY hello to the elite club capable of spending trillions of dollars in seconds. They’ve just touched down in Australia.
TREASURER Joe Hockey’s call to drive global growth beyond current targets has been backed by the International Monetary Fund chief.
ULTRA conservative lending practices among big banks are killing the entrepreneurial spirit for small businesses, Minister Bruce Bilson said today.
CORPORATE heavyweights will meet global finance ministers this week to push for more infrastructure investment in Australia.
JUNK food companies would prefer we shovel crap down our throats. This new plan could’ve changed everything. It could’ve made us healthier. It hasn’t.
AUSTRALIA’S unemployment rate rose to 6.0 per cent in January, official figures show, the highest level for 10 years.
THE International Monetary Fund has argued interest rates should be kept low while Australia’s economy is still ‘soft’.
DESPITE political opposition, the US government has passed a ‘clean’ debt ceiling bill, averting another default crisis or government shutdown.
AUSTRALIA’S economic growth is expected to pick up pace in the coming years, thanks to stronger activity in the non-mining sectors, the RBA says.
THE latest statement from the RBA provides a bleak outlook for workers, with unemployment expected to rise this year.
EVERYTHING but raising the GST is on the table as the Coalition aims to tame its $667 billion debt bomb. Where the cuts will most likely be made.
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