Super changes won’t be altered
THE Federal Government will not be budging on its planned changes to the superannuation system, Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison says.
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Liberals, Labor neck and neck in polls
PARTY leaders have a massive competition on their hands as recent polls indicate that the election could be anyone’s game.
Election spin off to an early start
ROLLING COVERAGE: The election is yet to be called, but Australia’s politicians are already geared up and whirling about, selling themselves and their message.
Malcolm Turnbull’s greatest danger
PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull found himself in trouble during a Sky News interview earlier this week because of his unmovable faith in logic.
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Morrison walks Budget tightrope
BANKWEST chief economist Alan Langford delivers his verdict on the Federal Budget.
Funding delay a disaster for Pitt
QUEENSLAND was on track to achieve the largest operating surplus in more than a decade until the Federal Treasurer fiddled the figures and exposed our flimsy accounts.
Bowen’s response to the Budget
AFTER the release of the Federal Budget, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen answered your questions today. See what he said.
Families forced to wait for childcare support
FAMILIES will have to wait at least another year for new childcare support, with parts of the government’s families package deferred until 2018.
Where the Budget won Facebook
IT seems we’re not all as disinterested in politics as we claim to be. Facebook’s been taking a peek at our pages during Budget week — and it turns out policy is very much on our minds.
Finally, an answer on those costs
ROLLING UPDATES: AFTER initially refusing to reveal costings, the Turnbull government has now disclosed company tax cuts will cost nearly $50bn over 10 years.
Shorten’s $71bn Budget boost
UPDATES: Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has used his Budget reply speech to declare his government would deliver $71 billion worth of improvements.
Canberra’s election super blueprint
WOOING women and low income earners while stripping billions of dollars of tax breaks from wealthy savers is the Government’s superannuation plan for the election.
Airline CEO’s backpacker clanger
THE boss of Qatar Airways is no stranger to trouble, and now he’s taken aim at “undesirable” backpacker tourists.
Koch: ‘Don’t get spooked by this’
DAVID Koch and a panel of experts have explained how the Federal Budget will affect you — with many questions on changes to super and tax cuts.
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