This is why I’m giving you nothing
Bugger all – that’s what the budget does to combat intense cost of living pressures being felt right now, but Jim Chalmers argues new immediate help would do more harm than good by adding to inflation.
Federal Budget 2022
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It’s a recession we don’t have to have, but is this really a fairytale?
Australia is looking to avoid a recession we don’t have to have. But Cameron England asks: Do the budget figures stack up, or is this a fairytale without a happy ending?
Oh baby, Australia faces another 28 years in the red
Interest payments on Australia’s forecast trillion dollar debt have become the “fastest growing” area of spending. A baby born today would be 28 before the debt bill is paid.
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Project REDSPICE: New $10b weapon to protect Australia
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New Gold Coast suburbs to join the million-dollar club
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Why shared parental leave means ‘women will be worse off’
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Wage rise snub: Aged-care industry ‘on its knees’
Aged care providers have slammed the Budget, saying workers will be left on the brink of poverty and residents will go without.
SA crime hub to take sting out of bikie underworld
The AFP is launching a specialist taskforce in Adelaide that will take on the criminal underworld, following the success of the global AN0M sting.
Tradie tax breaks, how apprentices can pocket $5k cash
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Tax breaks to fast-track small business changes
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