‘Confronting’: Treasurer’s grim warning
Jim Chalmers has issued a chilling message on debt and told Australians to brace for some “confronting” budget figures.
Federal Budget
True cost of Albo’s promises revealed
A new report has given a fresh analysis of the government’s election commitments, revealing the true cost of Labor’s big promises.
Why your fuel bill will increase in September
The pain at the petrol bowser is only tipped to get worse but one MP had demanded the government intervene.
PM to keep controversial ScoMo policy
The Prime Minister has made a firm call on one his predecessor’s key policies, revealing he will keep one change he fought against in the past.
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Abbott: Debt levy an ‘appropriate measure’
A DEBT levy in the form of tax increases is now certain in Tuesday’s Budget, and according to Tony Abbott “we are all in it together”.
‘We’re not doing this for fun’
FINANCE Minister Mathias Cormann has all but confirmed a debt tax is in the Budget, as Tony Abbott refuses to, saying “we’re all in this together”.
How your hip pocket will be hit
WE all know about the proposed new deficit tax — but what else is tipped to be coming our way when Treasurer Joe Hockey hands down his first budget?
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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