Jim’s dirty tax secret hiding in plain sight
Jim Chalmers is hiding a dirty secret in the budget so X-rated it’s not even available in a personal income tax cut sealed section.
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Bikies, drugs and illegal tobacco imports targeted
Bikies and underworld figures involved in organised crime are being targeted to stop cocaine and ice, while illegal tobacco imports that have sparked firebombings are also being hit.
Winners and losers in the federal budget
From a new $300 energy rebate for all households, to more help for low-income renters, cost-of-living relief was key to the budget. Here’s what’s in it for you.
Price promise on essential item
Australians on listed prescription medication will have their costs frozen for one year, as part of a suite of new health measures in the federal budget.
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Morrison’s Budget challenge
TREASURER Scott Morrison has told of the challenges that await him in the May Budget, and how he’s not giving up on a 10-year business tax plan.
‘It wasn’t about my greed or my pleasure’
FORMER MP Bronwyn Bishop has fired up on live TV, defending the excessive travel claims that got her kicked out of the speaker’s chair.
Government’s housing headache
THERE are concerns within the Government it has over-boomed the coming Budget as the answer to housing affordability problems.
Could be slugged $900 for Medicare
A NEW plan to fix Australia’s budget woes could see Australians slugged an extra $900 a year whether they like it or not.
Treasurer threatens to hike taxes
TREASURER Scott Morrison has threatened to increase taxes if a raft of welfare cuts worth billions of dollars are blocked by the Senate.
Outrageous things MPs charge us for
CHARTERED flights six times the cost of regular fares, polo trips and family holidays. This is why MPs’ spending needs to be reined in.
$110k grant before sale to Ley
A LIBERAL party donor has denied there was a direct link between his company receiving a grant six months before he sold his unit to Sussan Ley.
Australia needs to retain AAA rating
HOUSEHOLDS can rest a little easier after the mid-year budget review, but economists warn it’s only a matter of time before we lose our triple-A credit rating.
Morrison slammed on ‘zombie’ savings
TREASURER Scott Morrison has defended his mid-year budget review as Labor claimed it was ‘wafer-thin’ and gave it a ‘Triple-F’ rating.
Government faces Budget embarrassment
AUSTRALIA risks losing its AAA credit rating today, if the midyear budget review shows our economic position has deteriorated over the past six months.
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