Treasurer Jim Chalmers has admitted there may be years of deficits as economists urge Labor and the Coalition to end the pre-election spendathon, tackle the structural deficit and improve productivity.
Jim Chalmers’ fourth budget will show tax as a proportion of the economy has declined to 23.1 per cent this financial year, as Labor MPs declare spending restraint is needed.
The aged-care sector is headed for ‘catastrophe’ unless Labor delays its milestone reforms by at least six months, peak bodies and providers across the sector say.
As America’s peak trading association described Australia as a ‘problematic market’, US farmers complained about the ‘dramatic disadvantage’ they faced in selling into Australia.
Anti-nuclear climate activists disrupted a series of Coalition media events on Thursday, including a speech by Peter Dutton
A senior Labor MP said while hopes of receiving tariff exemptions were small, there was a sense the US would be forced to reverse the decision following damage to its economy down the line.
Labor would be pressured to spend more than $12bn to plug the gap in accommodation for the homeless under a power-sharing agreement with the Greens.
The Opposition Leader accused Anthony Albanese of abandoning mining in WA and vowed to usher in a boom through fast approvals and energy security. The PM, meanwhile, wouldn’t promise lower power prices if re-elected.
Labor has failed to deliver on key pillars of its signature Buy Australia plan, says the Coalition, as the nation braces for US-imposed tariffs on our products.
Anthony Albanese says revelations that one in 10 childcare centres have not been rated by regulators are of “deep concern” but has dismissed calls for a royal commission into the sector.
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