How much welfare is enough?
A family of five can receive more than $60,000 a year from JobSeeker and other benefits, and governments walk a fine line when deciding payment increases.
Federal Budget 2023
Australians give their verdict on Labor budget
Australians have had their say on Jim Chalmers’ first full budget since the election in a new Newspoll. See results and have your say.
Federal Budget winners and losers
Labor’s 2023 budget is a great result for some Aussies but not others. See how you and your household fared.
The graph that shows why NDIS and aged care are in trouble
The government says we will avoid a recession but it also admits it is still unable to balance its books, let alone make serious inroads into the looming trillion-dollar debt and its impact.
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Explained: How, when to get $500 power bill discount
Some 1.1m Qld households will see a 10% drop in power prices following the federal budget. Here’s who qualifies and when.
What MyMedicare means for Aussie patients
Patients and GPs are set to benefit under new major reforms to Medicare. Here’s how.
More Aussie renters to own a new home sooner
New government intervention in the stricken housing market could make it easier for Aussies to own a new home sooner but it won’t come without a cost.
Australia’s next big gold rush ignored
Australia will be “at the bottom end of the scale” when it comes to investing in this cutting edge technology that will change the way we live.
‘Lottery win’: Budget victory for veterans
The biggest funding boost in a decade to DVA offers veterans and their families some hope for justice at last. See why.
$65m in Aussie aid for Ukraine
The Federal Budget has boosted its humanitarian package for embattled Ukraine, now in its second year of war with Russia. See how else Australia is helping.
$12.9m to improve aged care food
Aussie dietitians have labelled a key element of the federal budget as the “start of the end of malnutrition in aged care”. See why and what else is afoot for the sector.
Tax cuts for hybrid cars dumped
An attractive fringe benefits tax exemption for green machines has helped drive sales of electric and plug-in hybrid cars – but that’s about to change. See how.
Stamp duty ban can solve housing crisis
Proposed moves such as a rental freeze and price caps won’t likely solve our rental and housing affordability crisis but a moratorium on stamp duty can.
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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