Support grows for fuel excise cut
With many Aussie motorists paying more than $2 a litre for petrol, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has indicated the Coalition would back a cut to the fuel excise.
Federal Budget
Cup Day rate rise ‘all but sealed’
The RBA is widely tipped to continue its most aggressive round of rate hikes in decades after inflation figures confirmed soaring prices remained stubborn.
‘Won’t hesitate’: RBA boss warns on rate hike
In her first prepared address as RBA governor, Michele Bullock has revealed the extreme pressure faced by some Aussie homeowners, but warns it won’t stop the board raising rates if necessary.
Superannuation blow for Aussie parents
Despite its own gender pay equity taskforce recommending super be added to paid parental leave, the government won’t commit to the measure.
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Politicians: You can’t trust them
TONY Abbott is in the middle of his ‘Gillard moment’, but he’s far from the first Australian politician to be caught out. Here’s the hall of shame.
How did we get in this mess?
AUSTRALIA made a big choice 13 years ago. Now it’s really starting to hurt our hip-pockets. And both parties are to blame.
Older people want work at 70
IN news to cheer Treasurer Joe Hockey, more than a third of older people want to work until they are 70, yet fear for an appropriate job.
The PM should ditch the debt tax
THE people hired Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey to fix the nation’s budget defict. Turns out, they underquoted for the job, writes Jessica Irvine.
Hockey must pay off our credit card
OPINION: Higher taxes or lower spending, there’s no other solution to Australia’s budget woes, but how did it get so bad? Jessica Irvine explains.
Abbott’s week from Budget hell
PM Tony Abbott has a diabolic Budget choice – politically devastating spending cuts or break his promise not to raise tax.
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