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Federal Budget
‘Here to stay’: $500m savings to future-proof NDIS
The Federal Government promises a crackdown on dodgy providers and a more user-friendly scheme to ensure the future of the NDIS.
Use our budget calculator to see your tax break
The Federal Budget can be compared to a challenge in Squid Game, where green is safe and red is game over. See if you survive under the changes and what tax break you’ll get.
Editor’s view: Beware that whose name shall not be spoken
The biggest story of this budget is not what was included in its reams of pages, but rather what was left unsaid, writes the editor.
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NDIS guaranteed under Medicare levy hike
A HIKE in the Medicare levy to guarantee the future of the NDIS for people with a disability will cost the average earner $400 a year.
Doctor visits about to get cheaper
THE cost of seeing a doctor could fall for the first time in four years and the price of some medicines are set to drop, spelling good news for sick Aussies.
Diplomat pay packets slashed
AUSTRALIAN diplomats posted overseas will see their allowances slashed in a government bid to save $37 million.
Treasurer’s unlikely inspiration: Tina Arena
ANALYSIS: Quizzed on his Budget while walking through the lock up, Treasurer Scott Morrison made a left-field musical recommendation — a song by Tina Arena that he said encapsulates his master plan.
$15m plan to boost vaccinations
FAMILIES who fail to immunise their children and who do not get their four-year-olds health checked will lose cash from their Family Tax Benefit payments.
Battlelines drawn in the Senate
THE Senate should approve an increase to the Medicare levy but the government will find it harder to secure backing for a crackdown on lazy dole recipients and drug testing of Centrelink recipients.
Budget to scrap Medicare freeze
SCOTT Morrison is expected to lift the four-year Medicare freeze and commit to a surplus by 2021 as more details emerge before tonight’s Federal Budget.
This school calculator is pretty handy
YOU can do your own sums on school funding, with a government online calculator revealing if your school wins or loses under new funding plans.
Welfare bludgers put on notice
WELFARE bludgers will lose their payments for up to two months under a demerit-point system to be announced in today’s Federal Budget.
Demerit system for welfare cheats
EXCLUSIVE: Bludgers will face a driver-style demerit system in the Federal Budget which will cut off their payments for up to a month when they lose all seven points.
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