‘Absolutely disgusting’: Aussies fire up over $468m NDIS budget
Australians are outraged after it was announced that millions of dollars will be spent in getting the NDIS back on its feet. See their reactions and have your say.
Federal Budget
One state getting $1300 bill boost
Households in one state will have the majority of their energy bills paid for a year following Tuesday night’s federal budget.
ASX lifts on post-budget mining bounce
Aussie stocks lifted on Wednesday on the back of a mining rally fuelled by bourse heavyweight BHP.
Your federal budget 5-minute guide
Millions of Aussies will welcome tax cuts, bill relief and frozen medicine prices. But others will feel pain with the cost of living blowing out. See what’s in the budget and how it affects you.
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Small change a big difference for downsizers
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Boomer upside beckons for ‘downsizer’ scheme
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Cash ban plays right into Bitcoin’s hands
THE Australian Government’s crackdown on large cash payments has inadvertently given a huge leg-up to cryptocurrencies.
Labor offers $928 to trump tax cuts
A LABOR Government would dump Coalition plans for big cuts to corporate taxes and concentrate instead on workers’ levies.
Firm roasted over ‘Millennial’ report
A CRINGEWORTHY budget analysis produced especially for Millennials has been mocked for trying way, way, way too hard.
The question Bill Shorten couldn’t answer
LEIGH Sales got under Bill Shorten’s skin asking why an obvious Labor announcement was missing from the Budget reply.
Cap on uni places ‘unfair’; ‘abolish it’
THE Opposition used its alternative mini-Budget to pledge greater access to universities and TAFE colleges.
$10k cash ban ‘kick in the teeth’
A SYDNEY small business owner says the government’s planned $10,000 cash payment ban will “demolish” him overnight.
PM talks beer, weed and the NBN
THE only thing the Prime Minister rolls out these days is the NBN. And he’s no fan of cannabis, except that time he took it, of course.
Celebs hit with Budget ‘fame tax’
CELEBS will be hit with a new rule regarding their image rights following a crackdown from Treasurer Scott Morrison.
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