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.
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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.
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Is this the budget for blokes?
AUSTRALIAN women make up half the population but got the short end of the stick. This is where the government went wrong.
Budget super changes hit savers
AUSTRALIANS may need to rethink their retirement planning amid the biggest changes to superannuation in almost a decade in this week’s Budget.
Medicos warn of Medicare ‘apocalypse’
THE Turnbull Government is facing a medical Armageddon on the eve of the election campaign with an avalanche of new medical costs likely to hit patients from July 1.
Sco-Mo loses it over 5c piece
THE Treasurer has had a marvellous week so far, answering question after question about his first Budget. Except this one.
Airline boss slams cancelled search
THE search for MH370 must continue at any cost, an airline boss has insisted — despite Canberra’s refusal to cough up more funding.
Cormann on the tough Budget questions
FINANCE Minister Mathias Cormann sat down to answer questions on the Federal Budget today. See what readers threw at him – and how he responded.
‘We simply cannot go on like this’
A DISGRUNTLED WA Liberal MP has slammed his government’s budget, describing it as a fudged opportunity that failed to rein in “rampant spending”.
$100 a week to get youths into work
YOUNG people languishing on welfare will be paid $200 a fortnight on top of the dole to complete internships as part of an $840 million plan to get them off the job queue.
Price hike on Aussie passports
THE BUDGET holds a twist for the tourism industry with Aussie travellers to pay more for passports and airports to cop new fees.
NT farmers left hanging over backpacker tax
TERRITORY farmers were left disappointed the issue of the backpacker tax was left unresolved in the federal budget last night
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