Smokers may quit over price hikes
HUNDREDS of thousands of smokers are expected to ditch the cigarettes as a result of massive price hikes and tougher limits on duty-free tobacco purchases.
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Turnbull’s $1.6b hidden war-chest
MALCOLM Turnbull will dip into a $1.6 billion war-chest hidden in his Budget to fund announcements in a two-month long election campaign that he says he will win.
Company tax rate cut needed: experts
CUTTING Australia’s company tax rate makes sense because it is too high, hurting workers and living standards, the world’s largest professional services firm says.
It’s a war on aspiration: Turnbull
PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull has hit back at accusations of favouring the rich, stating Oppositions attack on tax cuts and negative gearing are all about class war.
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Budget boost for anti-terror programs
EXTRA money will be spent building Australia’s ‘digital resilience’ against terrorism and turning young people away from extreme and radical influences.
‘This is a plan, not just another Budget’
TREASURER Scott Morrison’s Budget is pre-election proof that the Government wants to quietly delay some of the Abbott government’s most unpopular plans.
Morrison delivers election Budget
THE waiting and speculation is over. Treasurer Scott Morrison has handed down his first Federal Budget. So what’s in it for you?
What the Budget means for you
THE hardest hit in the Federal Budget are lower-income parents with teen children. But childless people on above-average incomes will come out on top.
Weird stuff we learnt from the Budget
FROM the death of the duty free carton of cigarettes to the high cost of trees and the wild plan to go postal on carp, here are nine weird things we picked up from the Budget.
New $2.7m ‘Cyber Ambassador’ role
The Turnbull Government will spend some serious cash on a ‘Cyber Ambassador’ in the 2016 Budget. But what exactly will the job entail?
Winners and losers in budget 2016
FEDERAL Treasurer Scott Morrison has handed down his first budget. Here’s a break down of who benefits and who does not.
‘Whose side are you on PM?’
UPDATE: Treasurer Curtis Pitt has warned Malcolm Turnbull he could be punished at the ballot box if he doesn’t deliver for Queensland in tonight’s Budget. READER COMMENTS: 400+
Labor beefs up its budget tax attack
THE Opposition Leader has used Question Time to pounce on the Turnbull Government’s tax changes set to be unveiled in tomorrow’s budget.
What we know about the Budget so far
SUPER changes, tax cuts, spending on health, education, trains and fish. Here’s what we know so far about how the Budget tomorrow will impact Aussies.
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