Turnbull’s $1.6b hidden war-chest
MALCOLM Turnbull will dip into a $1.6 billion war-chest hidden in his Budget to fund announcements in a two-month long election campaign that he says he will win.
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Company tax rate cut needed: experts
CUTTING Australia’s company tax rate makes sense because it is too high, hurting workers and living standards, the world’s largest professional services firm says.
It’s a war on aspiration: Turnbull
PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull has hit back at accusations of favouring the rich, stating Oppositions attack on tax cuts and negative gearing are all about class war.
Australia a testbed for Bitcoin tech
IT’S not just for criminals. The technology behind Bitcoin could play a part in banking, business, and government in Australia with new trials on the way.
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What the Budget means for you
THE hardest hit in the Federal Budget are lower-income parents with teen children. But childless people on above-average incomes will come out on top.
Weird stuff we learnt from the Budget
FROM the death of the duty free carton of cigarettes to the high cost of trees and the wild plan to go postal on carp, here are nine weird things we picked up from the Budget.
Why working parents lose out again
WORKING parents face paying more out-of-pocket child care fees after a much-spruiked “fairer’’ subsidy was put on ice, but there could be a silver lining in the form of an election pledge.
New $2.7m ‘Cyber Ambassador’ role
The Turnbull Government will spend some serious cash on a ‘Cyber Ambassador’ in the 2016 Budget. But what exactly will the job entail?
Cash with a catch for young job seekers
ABOUT 120,000 young Queenslanders considered “vulnerable’’ will be recruited into a $750 million training scheme to help them into the workforce, but there’s a catch.
‘Whose side are you on PM?’
UPDATE: Treasurer Curtis Pitt has warned Malcolm Turnbull he could be punished at the ballot box if he doesn’t deliver for Queensland in tonight’s Budget. READER COMMENTS: 400+
Big end of town misses out on tax cuts
MORE than one million small and medium-sized businesses will get an unexpected tax cut in today’s Federal Budget as the government looks to small business to kickstart the Australian economy
Treasurer to lure women back to work
SCOTT Morrison will today unleash a charm offensive on Australian women in a Federal Budget aimed at wooing mums back to work and winning their vote in 60 days’ time.
Labor beefs up its budget tax attack
THE Opposition Leader has used Question Time to pounce on the Turnbull Government’s tax changes set to be unveiled in tomorrow’s budget.
What we know about the Budget so far
SUPER changes, tax cuts, spending on health, education, trains and fish. Here’s what we know so far about how the Budget tomorrow will impact Aussies.
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