Budget bets billions on big cars over EVs
The Federal Government is betting its bottom line on diesel and petrol cars despite its determined push motorists for green machines.
Federal Budget
$4250 super boost and child care pay rise
Working Aussie mums are set for a significant boost to their retirement nest egg, and child care workers are up for a raise as the government targets fraud.
‘Nature short-changed’: Greenies unleash over budget
The government is being accused of having ‘paper policies’ when it comes to protecting nature.
PM refuses to rule out early election amid $300 energy rebate backlash
Anthony Albanese has refused to rule out Australian voters could be heading to the polls early, as Peter Dutton slams Jim Chalmers’ energy rebate for the wealthy.
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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.
‘Cheap magic trick’ hidden in this graph
HOW should you feel about the 2016 Budget? In one word: suspicious. Some things, like the lines in this graph, just don’t add up.
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 to help fund major rail project
THE Federal Government will give money to Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel after the state treasurer claimed the PM “forgot” where Victoria was.
Simple reason we need super changes
FOR those who still need a reason to support a crackdown on super, there’s one glaring perspective you need to consider.
Australia’s AAA rating at risk
THE National Australia Bank has warned that Australia faces losing its AAA credit rating, unless spending is reined in for the Federal Budget.
Got a uni debt? Prepare to pay up
A CRACKDOWN on uni loans is seeming more likely after new analysis showed just how much they will cost the government.
Monster eating into our pay packets
INCOME tax has become a monster that takes a $170 billion bite out of our wages each year — and it is set to chew through even more.
Whoa, what happened this week?
MALCOLM Turnbull had a big week, floating ‘once in a generation’ reforms. But by Friday his ‘ideas boom’ had busted.
The pros and cons of Malcolm’s big plan
THE response to Malcolm Turnbull’s education bombshell has been broadly negative. Is that fair? We’ve gone through the pros and cons.
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