Good news for Aussie workers
SCOTT Morrison has hinted there could be some good news for Aussie workers in this year’s Budget, with tax cuts earmarked.
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Get ready for an income tax cut
YOUR pay packet is about to get a little bigger. Scott Morrison says it is his “mission” to give middle-income Australians a tax cut in next year’s budget.
ScoMo’s budget deficit down to $33.2b
TREASURER Scott Morrison has said the Federal Budget is $4.4 billion better off, as the government slashed spending on social services.
The graph we should be worried about
AUSTRALIA’S latest economic growth figures reveal a sudden jump. But while Scott Morrison says there are better days ahead, there’s a concerning trend.
‘Don’t give me that’: Kochie vents
SUNRISE host David Koch has given Treasurer Scott Morrison a brutal grilling over the issue that has Australians riled up.
Jealousy isn’t a curse, ‘it’s a con’
DO you see successful Australians buying nice houses and fast cars and feel ripped off? You’re just being manipulated, our Treasurer says.
Bank levy housing bubble warning
SCOTT Morrison’s bank levy could bring on a disastrous property market crash, analysts warn.
Suddenly Scott Morrison is ‘cuddly’
SCOTT Morrison, one of the toughest brawlers of the Parliament, today suddenly became Mr Softy, a man of political peace.
Budget fury: ‘It beggars belief’
TREASURER Scott Morrison called it the Budget of “fairness” but one group of people don’t see it that way and they’re fuming.
What the Budget means for you
YOU’VE heard the government’s spin – now look at the cold, hard facts. Here is what the Budget really means for you.
No Tassie love in big-ticket items
TASMANIA has attracted little of the action from Treasurer Scott Morrison’s $75 billion “unprecedented investment in infrastructure”.
What you missed in the Budget
THE government is trumpeting its big ticket items in the Budget, but there are more cuts and spending it would like to stay quiet.
Leigh Sales’ awkward first question
LEIGH Sales wasted no time turning the blowtorch on the Treasurer in his post-Budget interview last night. She asked the question on everyone’s lips.
$8 billion tax hike to hit almost everyone
ALMOST all Australians will be hit by a colossal tax increase as the government searches for a way to pay for its schemes.
How the government’s new property plan works
IF YOU want to buy a house, the Budget includes a new idea that should make it easier. But you’ll have to make a sacrifice to take advantage of it.
Massive Centrelink crackdown
SCOTT Morrison has declared a huge Centrelink crackdown in a Budget promising to save $632 million in welfare payments.
Good news for first home buyers
THE growing number of Tasmanians battling to buy a home or afford the rent could benefit from a suite of new Budget measures tackling housing affordability.
The real point of today’s Budget
MALCOLM Turnbull and Scott Morrison will tell us their Budget is about helping the economy. It really has another purpose.
Why Nine bleeped ScoMo interview
VIEWERS were left confused when part of Nine’s interview with Treasurer Scott Morrison was beeped out today. Here’s what happened.
Balancing your budget
THE Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison is about to hand down his budget but you too should be closely watching your own finances.
‘Unfair, ridiculous thing to say’
LEIGH Sales thoroughly grilled Malcolm Turnbull on 7.30 last night as the PM attempted to explain his “Australian values” test.
Has Coalition given up on house prices?
ACCORDING to a property expert, Treasurer Scott Morrison has joined plenty of young Australians in putting housing affordability in the too-hard basket.
‘It’s what happens when you piss off Ray’
SYDNEY shock jock Ray Hadley has abruptly terminated his bromance with Scott Morrison after the Treasurer ditched him for another station.
Australians trapped in the rental market
TREASURER Scott Morrison says 160,000 of us trapped in the rental market would own a home by now if this hadn’t happened.
‘The bloke shouldn’t be PM’
SCOTT Morrison had a fiery exchange with a radio host, who attacked him over the Coalition’s poor Newspoll — and it had a dramatic ending.
What the company tax cuts will mean
TREASURER Scott Morrison says the company tax cuts passed on Friday will boost the economy, but Labor claims “you would need a microscope” to find the benefits.
Morrison’s Budget challenge
TREASURER Scott Morrison has told of the challenges that await him in the May Budget, and how he’s not giving up on a 10-year business tax plan.
Hanson’s comments ‘bat poo crazy’
THE Prime Minister described Pauline Hanson’s comments on the London attack as dangerous; ScoMo said they were reckless. Then Barnaby Joyce had his say.
The wrong way to buy a home
CANBERRA wants to chip in and help you buy a house. Sounds great, right? Wrong, and there are three reasons why.
No housing bubble, says Westpac
WESTPAC boss Brian Hartzer does not believe there is a housing price bubble in Sydney or Melbourne, blaming price rises on supply constraints.
ScoMo’s ‘gun to the head’ approach
TREASURER Scott Morrison has the crossbenchers in a headlock over $13 billion in savings he wants — and the PM supports his aggressive style.
Treasurer threatens to hike taxes
TREASURER Scott Morrison has threatened to increase taxes if a raft of welfare cuts worth billions of dollars are blocked by the Senate.
MPs warned over parliamentary props
POLITICIANS have been issued a stern warning not to bring props to Question Time after the Greens produced a solar panel to counter Scott Morrison’s lump of coal.
$3 billion extra for disabled Aussies
THE government has been accused of ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’ by promising to use savings from social welfare cuts to boost NDIS funding.
ScoMo’s radical housing affordability fix
IT WAS one of the biggest issues of the Federal Election, and now Treasurer Scott Morrison appears to be taking it seriously.
Sales nails Morrison’s budget problem
IF SCOTT Morrison thought he would escape a Leigh Sales grilling on 7.30 last night, he was sadly mistaken. Instead he copped a roasting.
Morrison slammed on ‘zombie’ savings
TREASURER Scott Morrison has defended his mid-year budget review as Labor claimed it was ‘wafer-thin’ and gave it a ‘Triple-F’ rating.
New Kiwi PM a ‘good bloke’: Morrison
AUSTRALIA has welcomed the news Bill English is New Zealand’s new prime minister with Scott Morrison confident he will operate as John Key did.
Rinehart keeps beef in Aussie hands
GINA Rinehart has praised Scott Morrison for allowing her to buy the S Kidman & Co. land and cattle empire, saying it will remain in ‘Australian control’.
Shrinking economy a ‘wake-up call’
SCOTT Morrison has used data showing the Australian economy’s failure to grow to demand more support for the government’s economic plans.
‘Bloody mindedness’ stalls tax
TREASURER Scott Morrison is attempting to claw back support for a 15 per cent backpackers tax after it was shot down in the Senate.
‘I’m not going to jack up their rents’
SCOTT Morrison has ruled out any changes to negative gearing after NSW Premier Mike Baird called for a rethink of the controversial tax break.
Do or die on high house prices
WE’VE heard it before — the government is promising to address high house prices. Will it work or is it just empty words?
Finally, some hope for homebuyers?
IT TAKES eight years for a couple to save enough for a deposit for a home in Sydney, and it’s nearly as bad in Melbourne. But at last, there could be hope.
Super laws welcome but half-baked
CHANGES to superannuation rules that were announced in the May Budget have been introduced in federal Parliament.
ScoMo-mentum achieved as super rich hit
A DEAL that goes after tax breaks for Australian millionaires is fuelling the ScoMo-mentum of the Turnbull Government’s recovery plan.
Treasurer rules out GST web blocks
TREASURER Scott Morrison has denied suggestions he will block foreign retailing websites which don’t pay GST on the goods they sell in Australia.
Why a strong economy is bad news for ScoMo
TREASURER Scott Morrison marked 25 years of economic growth in Australia. But why is this bad news for the Coalition?
‘Tony wanted to have a fight’
TONY Abbott has reportedly confronted Treasurer Scott Morrison over plans to offer superannuation concessions to low-income earners.
Spot the $100 million mistake
IT ONLY accounts for a small fraction of proposed budget savings, but this error is causing all sorts of headaches.
Spot the $100 million mistake
IT ONLY accounts for a small fraction of proposed budget savings, but this error is causing all sorts of headaches.
ScoMo, Hadley in ‘bludger MP’ row
THEY usually share a friendly joke with each other on-air. But Scott Morrison and Ray Hadley got into a heated stoush today over whether MPs work hard enough.
Dire warning falls just short of advocating panic
SCOTT Morrison has had his own “banana republic” moment, issuing a blunt economic warning that could spell doom for future generations.
RUSH HOUR: The stories you need to know today
TREASURER Scott Morrison has expressed concern Australia’s continued economic success has been steadily sowing the seeds of complacency.
Shorten slams Turnbull’s GST shake up
BILL Shorten claims Malcolm Turnbull’s proposed GST changes are merely a way to rescue the Liberal WA Government in the face of a looming state election.
‘National security concerns’
BREAKING: Treasurer Scott Morrison has blocked the sale of Ausgrid to a consortium from China citing concerns about national security.
Turnbull, Morrison get tough on banks
MALCOLM Turnbull and Scott Morrison are cracking down on the big banks by forcing them to “front up” and explain their actions every year.
Now we’ll see the real Sco-Mo
THE Coalition is clinging to power by a fingernail, and its Budget measures are very unpopular. So why is Scott Morrison promising ‘No more Mr Nice Guy’?
‘Don’t put words in my mouth’
YES or no? That’s all we wanted to hear from Scott Morrison last night, but he was determined to dodge the question.
Why ScoMo just doesn’t get it
OPINION: When I was 14, I nearly had my head stomped in for being gay. Sorry ScoMo, but that’s something you will never be able to relate to.
Was ScoMo behind embarrassing leak?
TREASURER Scott Morrison might have had a sneaky hand in the latest embarrassment to confront stumbling Labor frontbencher David Feeney.
Cheap labour, or the start of a career?
IT TAKES the average uni graduate almost five years to find a fulltime job. Will Scott Morrison’s new internship program actually help them?
Australia’s next RBA Governor
RESERVE Bank of Australia deputy governor Philip Lowe will replace outgoing chief Glenn Stevens, Treasurer Scott Morrison has revealed.
ScoMo finally answers, gets it wrong
AFTER dismissing the issue yesterday, Treasurer Scott Morrison says the 5c coin has already been killed off. But are his comments on the money?
Why the Budget’s a big load of bull
THERE’S an awkward fact about the Budget that Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison don’t want you to think about.
‘Mr Morrison, your priorities are out of order’
FEARS of a rush to investment property by wealthy Australians hit by new super rules have everyday workers fearing they will never get into the market.
Why we need this jobs plan
WITH employers constantly complaining we are spitting out a generation of Aussies who are not fit for work, the government’s youth employment plan could be a saviour.
‘Why should voters re-elect you?’
IT DOESN’T take long for the shine to come off a Budget when your first stop after delivering it is a grilling from 7.30 host Leigh Sales.
The big problem with the $80K tax cut
PEOPLE who earn more than $80,000 a year are the only Aussies to receive an income tax cut in the Budget. But here’s why the government is unlikely to win any votes from it.
Multi-billion dollar juggling act
SCOTT Morrison’s election year Budget is a multi-billion dollar juggling act that could save the govt – or sink it.
Truth about $80,000 ‘average wage’
WHEN Scott Morrison calls $80,000 the “average wage”, the pronouncement hides a murkier truth beneath the surface.
Turnbull: ‘The Budget isn’t Abbott’s plan’
MALCOLM Turnbull said there will be “substantial” tax changes in the Federal Budget, as he ruled out taking any changes to the GST to voters.
Morrison blocks cattle sale to Chinese
TREASURER Scott Morrison has kyboshed the $371m sale of Australia’s largest private property to a Chinese company.
Kochie’s massive swing at Nine
KOCHIE came out swinging against Channel 9 this morning. Is he right, or making cheap points against a rival network?
Scott Morrison’s ‘dishonest’ backflip
WHEN the Coalition was in opposition, they mocked Wayne Swan for saying this. Now it may come back to bite Scott Morrison.
Banks to pay for their own watchdog
SCOTT Morrison has unveiled a bold plan for the banks to pay for their own designated ASIC watchdog. But will we end up paying? The Treasurer says no.
Leaked ad reveals Budget details
A ‘HUMILIATING’ leak has revealed details of the government’s Budget measures as Malcolm Turnbull confirms expected election timing.
Shorten’s zinger on The Project
OPPOSITION Leader Bill Shorten has zinged Treasurer Scott Morrison during an interview on The Project.
Shorten: ‘I say enough is enough’
THE Turnbull Government is under pressure from within its own ranks and Labor to run a royal commission into the banks, but Scott Morrison isn’t having a bar of it.
ATO sets sights on tax avoiders
SCOTT Morrison insists the ATO is cracking down on multinational tax avoidance as a massive leak shows how the world’s rich have been hiding their money.
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