‘Ignored’: Grim warning on rate hike crisis
Aussie homeowners have been smashed with interest rate pain for years now and a leading economist warns the stress isn’t going to end anytime soon.
Aussie homeowners have been smashed with interest rate pain for years now and a leading economist warns the stress isn’t going to end anytime soon.
The Albanese government will introduce a $5.6bn package to help elderly Australians in the aged care sector after finally reaching a deal with the Coalition.
The Australian sharemarket lifted on Tuesday on the back of a rally in energy stocks and some relief from a rattled Wall St.
Aussies and business are growing increasingly fearful of a stagnating economy, with new concerns about potential job losses.
Labor has been accused of throwing Australians pre-election “sweeteners”, with economists warning it could have the opposite effect.
Peter Dutton has unloaded on the budget, slamming the PM for giving billions of dollars to the rich while families are “living in tents and cars”.
The government has come under fire for its cost-of-living measures that critics say helps billionaires more than people doing it tough.
Amid concerns that the Albanese government’s third budget will be inflationary, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will pour billions more into the economy.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ wife turned heads in a yellow dress designed by an Aussie fashion designer.
The government has poured billions of dollars into cash boosts and cost of living measures for millions, but one group has been left behind.
Jamie works gruelling 12-hour shifts at the hospital, as well as a second and third job on the weekends — but still lives on the poverty line.
Jim Chalmers is splashing the cash but a “table of truth” in the budget papers could reveal the troubling reality behind the big numbers.
The Treasurer says he is not “spraying cash around” but guiding spending in a way to reduce inflation and keep Aussies free from another interest rate rise.
Jacqui Lambie has erupted over Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ decision to give every household a $300 energy rebate – questioning why wealthy Aussies need the handout.
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