Watch out for smoke and mirrors of Jim’s magical surplus
Jim Chalmers has unveiled the bottom line black ink that has eluded all treasurers, Labor and Coalition alike, since Costello. So how did he weave his fiscal magic?
Federal Budget
$500 power discounts for lower income households
About 1.6 million lower-income NSW households’ power bills will fall next financial year — but many families will miss out.
12m Aussies to get free doctor visits
Nearly 12 million Aussies will get to see a GP for free under one of the “largest ever” funding boosts.
Massive $1k increase to Centrelink payments
Hundreds of thousands of Aussies will score a welcome boost to their welfare payments after rumours sparked furious backlash.
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Ongoing reform needed from Budget
SCOTT Morrison’s second Budget will work for the Government if it calms restive voters and delivers at least the basis of a blueprint for ongoing fiscal reform.
Big four banks in Budget shake-up
AUSTRALIA’S big four banks will be targeted in tomorrow’s budget, as Scott Morrison finds ways to make it easier for customers to shop around.
Zombie measures to get Budget chop
TUESDAY’S Budget looks set to once and for all dump Tony Abbott’s so-called zombie measures and instead focus on pragmatism and reward.
Why Nine bleeped ScoMo interview
VIEWERS were left confused when part of Nine’s interview with Treasurer Scott Morrison was beeped out today. Here’s what happened.
Live sporting event betting ads ban
BETTING ads will be banned from live sporting events on TV and radio before 8.30pm, under a Turnbull Government plan to combat problem gambling.
Brain cancer treatment hope in $68m facility
CHILDREN with inoperable brain cancers will receive revolutionary treatment in Adelaide when Australia’s first lifesaving Proton Beam Therapy facility opens in 2020.
Budget needs to be bullet proof
IT doesn’t really matter if next week’s Federal Budget is lacklustre, it just needs to take the shine off Labor’s attacks, writes Tory Shepherd.
’Stop the education scare campaign’
EDUCATION Minister Simon Birmingham has called on Labor to stop the “needless lies” over the schools funding shake-up as Coalition MPs hit out at Tony Abbott.
Catholic schools ‘will not bully’ us
EDUCATION Minister Simon Birmingham says the federal government won’t be bullied or blackmailed by a Catholic schools campaign over funding levels.
Extra $73b for schools under PM’s plan
NSW schools will receive an extra $73 billion over the next decade under the Turnbull government’s reforms, according to figures obtained by The Daily Telegraph.
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