Tech and finance CEOs’ budget wishlist
With the Federal budget imminent, tech and finance CEOs are hoping The Treasurer’s wearing his Santa hat, writes Jeremy Liddle.
With the Federal budget imminent, tech and finance CEOs are hoping The Treasurer’s wearing his Santa hat, writes Jeremy Liddle.
Australia is forecast to return to budget surplus for the first time in 15 years — but there’s a catch.
US energy giant Chevron has broken ranks with the oil and gas industry, criticising a hike in the petroleum resource rent tax to be included in Tuesday’s federal budget.
Some of the nation’s leading corporate bosses are looking for further leadership in shaping the Australian economy in the face of ongoing economic and geopolitical challenges.
THE Tweed has scored a few wins in this year’s Federal Budget, although there’s plenty of cost of living pain ahead according to one MP.
STUDENTS with a disability that were promised extra funding through their schools should not be left behind in the Abbott government’s first budget.
UNIONS have hit out at the Abbott Government’s budget process, claiming they have been “locked out” of the annual budget lock-up on Wednesday.
ONLY the top 10% of Australia’s income earners will be hit with the PM’s controversial “deficit levy”, if he does not bow to growing opposition to the new tax.
TREASURER Joe Hockey is set to bring in new taxes ranging in size from $800 to $8000 a year to tackle the nation’s growing debt.
NEXT month’s federal budget is worrying many Fairfax constituents, particularly those on aged pensions, Fairfax MP Clive Palmer says.
CUTS to the aged pension are likely to form the centrepiece of the Commission of Audit’s 86 recommendations.
AUSTRALIANS visiting their GPs could soon expect to be charged a $6 fee for each visit, up to 12 each year, under a reported budget decision.
THE $40 billion aged pension, may need to be drastically cut back to ensure any future surplus for the federal budget.
TREASURER Joe Hockey has begun laying the groundwork for likely cuts in his first Federal Budget in May, issuing a “call to action”.
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