Bitter work dispute erupts across Australia
Thousands of Australian workers will take industrial action over “chronic understaffing” in the lead up to the federal election.
Federal Budget
Are Ringwood North’s voters really ‘rusted on’?
With the federal election looming, a school polling booth in Ringwood North could be a sure-fire victory ground for one major party.
Could Heathmont voters swing Deakin?
With a local school booth identified as a trendsetter for results, we hit the ground to see how Heathmont locals are feeling ahead of this year’s federal election.
Issue costing millions of Aussies $350 a week
A new union analysis has claimed that millions of Australians are $350 worse off a week in their salary for one reason.
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Big banks’ anger at $6.2b Budget levy
SCOTT Morrison’s surprise $6.2b levy on big banks has sparked anger among banking groups, as they claimed most Australian workers will pay higher taxes for it.
Here’s to better days, says ScoMo
COMMENT: In a bid to restore faith with voters, the Treasurer has lifted the lid on a Budget centred on a fair go for battlers.
11 things you should know about the Budget
IT WAS worlds away from the horror Abbott-Hockey effort of three years ago, but the devil will always be in the detail in a federal Budget. What did you miss?
Calculated to blunt Labor’s attack
EDITORIAL: The Federal Budget is politically astute, and can almost be viewed as a document that was prepared by drawing up a list of every line of Opposition attack.
Play-it-safe Budget reveals real Malcolm
THE government was too timid to cut expenditure in this Budget, a lost opportunity that makes them look like Paul Keating Mark II, writes Catherine McGregor.
Games’ security will cost $34 million
THE military will be deployed to the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games to provide millions of dollars worth of ‘niche capability’.
Arrium poised for big win from rail project
WHYALLA steelmaker Arrium is poised to win big from the construction of a $8.4 billion inland railway line as part of an ambitious increase in federal infrastructure spending.
Kochie’s verdict on the Budget
THE average Aussie is asset-rich, cash-poor, frustrated and disenchanted … so is this Budget the answer to all our financial woes?
Defence spending fast tracked
AUSTRALIA will fast track its spending on military hardware including an increased presence on offshore counter terrorism operations in the 2017 Budget.
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.
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