How home loans are about to get easier
Home loans would be faster and easier to secure under major reforms proposed to make access to credit easier. But it involves winding back rules put in place to protect consumers in the GFC.
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‘Unavoidable’: Frydenberg abandons surplus, budget repair
In a major shift of fiscal policy, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg revealed the Morrison Government has dumped its budget repair strategy, giving up on surpluses. SEE WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU.
COVID con air: Bikie bosses deported on charter flight
Most Aussies can’t leave the country under COVID restrictions, but two New Zealand bikie bosses have been sent back over the Ditch on special charter flights used to deport criminals while international travel remains shut down. SEE THE VIDEO.
Thousands of ‘zombie businesses’ facing bankruptcy
Thousands of zombie businesses are on the brink of bankruptcy, but the most significant reforms to Australia’s insolvency framework in almost 30 years will give them a chance to fix their debt and get back on their feet.
Why losing JobKeeper and JobSeeker is a good thing
Struggling businesses who were able to keep staff employed and pay them when there was little or no income during the Queensland lockdown are now celebrating the JobKeeper and JobSeeker allowances will be cut from next week. Here’s why.
‘Sanity prevails’: Qld border opens, PM takes one last shot
Weeks of heartache for cross-border residents end on October 1 when Queensland reopens to northern NSW and relaxes six weeks of hard line restrictions. Most have embraced the decision, including Prime Minister Scott Morrison, though he couldn’t resist one last shot declaring it was “not before time”.
‘Bizarre’: Why troops will stop manning Qld borders
The Australian Defence Force is in talks to remove troops from Queensland borders – but not quarantine hotels – in a move that will leave police scrambling to cover checkpoints. It comes as thousands of NSW residents get the green light to travel into the state.
How QLD will benefit from $68bn technology splurge
There’s is a big spending splurge coming for low-emissions technology over the next decade. Find out how Queensland could benefit from the road map set out by the Morrison Government.
Grocery shocker: Lazy Aussies the reason prices to double by Xmas
The cost of fruit and vegetables could double by Christmas due to a shortage of farm workers biting at the grocery checkout, as shock new figures show jobless Aussies can’t even be paid to move out to the regions for work.
‘Planes will land’: PM wants stranded Aussies home
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is taking a hard line on bringing home Australians stranded overseas because of COVID-19, telling state premiers to sort out hotel quarantine.
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