Bug sweeps, safe phones to help DV victims
Millions of dollars will be used to help domestic violence victim-survivors stay safe in their own homes including security upgrades like cameras, bug sweeps and safe phones.
Federal Budget
Budget’s MAFS moment: Revenge porn targeted
Nude photo scandals like those aired on MAFS will be the target of a new $3m pilot program tracking ‘revenge porn’ on social media.
Why this year’s budget is nothing but a honeytrap
The 2022 federal budget is a campaign carpet bomb, a vote heist and a poison pill all rolled into one political weapon of mass attraction.
Budget winners and losers revealed
The Morrison government has unveiled its pre-election budget. Here’s who has come out on top, and who’s missed out.
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A long way from ‘lifters and leaners’
OPINION: It raises taxes, invests in skills and training and increases spending in social welfare areas. Treasurer Scott Morrison’s second Federal Budget smells suspiciously like ALP spirit.
Child abuse victims to be compensated
CHILD sex abuse survivors will get access to payments of up to $150,000 under a new redress scheme beginning mid next year.
States need to stump up on homeless
STATES will need to meet key outcomes on homelessness or risk being forced to pay back Commonwealth funding.
Budget 2017: Census funds slashed
THE 2016 Census became a national joke but the Federal Budget is slashing funds for the next survey, with millions of dollars and hundreds of jobs to go.
Smokers stung by higher costs
ROLL-your-own tobacco and cigars will cost more under a government move to align their taxation with manufactured cigarettes.
Good times are coming, says Morrison
TREASURER Scott Morrison is banking on “better days ahead” as he unveils a big-spending, big-taxing Budget including an $8 billion hike in the Medicare levy. Work out what it means for you with our Budget calculator.
Tourism one of Budget’s big losers
AUSTRALIA’s $100 billion tourism industry was hit hard in Scott Morrison’s Budget on the back of funding cuts and a rise in visiting costs.
Blow to state’s biggest project
QUEENSLAND received hundreds of millions in infrastructure funding in the Federal Budget, but the item at the top of the state’s wish list has been sadly neglected. What Queensland gets
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