Whyalla’s blue steel plant on track for $2bn green makeover
A hydrogen power plant at Whyalla is ready to snare a share of $2bn in budget funds to produce green steel, among the major wins for cash splashes in SA.
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‘Biggest bugbear’: Power cashback on way for South Aussie battlers
Around half of all South Australian households and tens of thousands of small businesses will get a cashback to help with their energy bills. See if you’re eligible and how much you’ll get.
‘Betrayal’: Treasurer reacts to $300bn tax cuts
Critics have blasted the government for committing to a $300 billion tax vow while Aussies are struggling.
Renters, homebuyers score big cost of living relief
Struggling tenants and desperate homebuyers will be given more help to keep a roof over their heads under a new plan to ease housing market pressures.
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Hero guard saves Budget protester
THE man who came the aid of a woman who tried to set herself alight outside Parliament House has told of how his quick actions rescued her.
Budget snub a ‘slap in the face’
UPDATE: The Queensland Premier has blasted the Federal Budget for overlooking a key project for the state, saying it is a “slap in the face for Queensland”.
Tradies welcome 300,000 new apprenticeships
TRADIES say housing prices are crazy and welfare cheats are ‘being handfed money’. But they are singing ScoMo’s praises for creating 300,000 new apprenticeships to fill gaping holes in the workforce.
Industry leaders’ thumbs up to Budget
LEADERS of industry have had their say on the 2017 federal Budget and it’s largely a thumbs up for Treasurer Scott Morrison and the government.
‘Give the banks a bit of a touch up’
CAN Australia both fund the NDIS and find the sunlit uplands of surplus all while keeping the government’s poll numbers above water? The answer is to hit up the economy’s most profitable sector.
Joe’s Budget verdict (now tax free)
JOE Hildebrand reveals what the government is really trying to do with the Budget and whether it will work or not. (Spoilers … if they call it a “levy” … it’s probably a TAX!)
$300m to slash company red tape
BUDGET 2017 is investing $300 million to help state and local government slash regulations that hinder small business growth and competition.
Budget changes you need to know
SMALL business owners will benefit from tax changes and other plans outlined in Budget 2017.
What the Budget means for Victoria
VICTORIA will be offered billions of dollars in cash to put towards roads and rail if it agrees to sell its share of the iconic Snowy Mountains Scheme, while a Melbourne airport rail link could be on track at last.
ScoMo’s Budget for ‘better days’
SCOTT Morrison has used the Federal Budget to reset the Government’s agenda by guaranteeing Medicare, fully-funding the national disability scheme and introducing tough new measures to crackdown on welfare cheats — including drug tests.
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