Promises that Aussies see right through
A new study reveals voters are sceptical about one thing off the back of the federal government’s major $17.9bn cash splash.
Federal Budget
Soccer player’s plea after ‘coward punch’
Soccer player Danny Hodgson has made a desperate plea eight months after he suffered a catastrophic brain injury from an unprovoked attack.
PM says he stood up for ‘great women’
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he stood up for “great women” and was defending female candidates by intervening in the NSW preselection.
Shadow treasurer’s deleted Twitter blunder
A meme shared by would-be Labor treasurer Jim Chalmers contained a glaring and amusing error, prompting a pile-on from Coalition MPs.
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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
ASIO admits it can’t ‘guarantee safety’
CONFLICT in Syria and Iraq has created a ‘generation of extremists’ that will be a security threat to the nation for the next decade and beyond, ASIO warns.
NDIS guaranteed under Medicare levy hike
A HIKE in the Medicare levy to guarantee the future of the NDIS for people with a disability will cost the average earner $400 a year.
Doctor visits about to get cheaper
THE cost of seeing a doctor could fall for the first time in four years and the price of some medicines are set to drop, spelling good news for sick Aussies.
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