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Federal Budget
Group to get $6500 boost in Budget
One group of Aussies will be eligible for $6500 extra in government payments under sweeping new changes to be included in the federal budget.
‘Bumpy ride’: Treasurer’s grim budget warning
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has given more details about his first federal budget, revealing key areas of concern.
Graph reveals Australia’s ‘great shame’
Shocking new data has exposed a problem affecting more than three million Australians – and it’s tipped to get even worse.
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Blow to state’s biggest project
QUEENSLAND received hundreds of millions in infrastructure funding in the Federal Budget, but the item at the top of the state’s wish list has been sadly neglected. What Queensland gets
ASIO admits it can’t ‘guarantee safety’
CONFLICT in Syria and Iraq has created a ‘generation of extremists’ that will be a security threat to the nation for the next decade and beyond, ASIO warns.
NDIS guaranteed under Medicare levy hike
A HIKE in the Medicare levy to guarantee the future of the NDIS for people with a disability will cost the average earner $400 a year.
Doctor visits about to get cheaper
THE cost of seeing a doctor could fall for the first time in four years and the price of some medicines are set to drop, spelling good news for sick Aussies.
Diplomat pay packets slashed
AUSTRALIAN diplomats posted overseas will see their allowances slashed in a government bid to save $37 million.
Treasurer’s unlikely inspiration: Tina Arena
ANALYSIS: Quizzed on his Budget while walking through the lock up, Treasurer Scott Morrison made a left-field musical recommendation — a song by Tina Arena that he said encapsulates his master plan.
$15m plan to boost vaccinations
FAMILIES who fail to immunise their children and who do not get their four-year-olds health checked will lose cash from their Family Tax Benefit payments.
Battlelines drawn in the Senate
THE Senate should approve an increase to the Medicare levy but the government will find it harder to secure backing for a crackdown on lazy dole recipients and drug testing of Centrelink recipients.
Budget to scrap Medicare freeze
SCOTT Morrison is expected to lift the four-year Medicare freeze and commit to a surplus by 2021 as more details emerge before tonight’s Federal Budget.
This school calculator is pretty handy
YOU can do your own sums on school funding, with a government online calculator revealing if your school wins or loses under new funding plans.
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