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26 May 2019 |
Ross Gittins
It’s always nice for the country to be led by someone who’s obviously got God on his side. When he prays for a miracle, he gets it. And the challenges facing the economy are such that Scott Morrison may need all the divine assistance he can summon.
30 May 2018 |
SMH
ATO
Tax Commissioner Chris Jordan says the Australian Taxation Office has agreed to trial independent reviews when small businesses and individuals are in dispute with the agency over a tax matter, following /react-text a joint Fairfax-Four Corners investigation react-text: 411 into the agency.
29 May 2017 |
Kelly Hughes, Charlotte Lemmon, Lexi Denison, Ainslie Couper
The Fair Work Commission, with the support of the Turnbull government, has made a hallmark decision to cut penalty and Sunday pay rates.
This decision affects those working across the retail, hospitality, fast food and pharmacy sectors and is expected to hit hundreds of thousands of low earning Australians.
18 May 2017 |
SMH
Australi
a's unemployment rate fell to 5.7 per cent in April, official figures show, beating expectations of a flat rate of 5.9 per cent.
The total number of people with jobs rose by 37,400 in the month, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.
17 May 2017 |
The Australian
Australi
an politics is now a race to the bottom of the economic canyon.
Bill Shorten’s budget reply speech tonight crystallised the dangerous new political reality in Australia.
17 May 2017 |
SMH
Real 
wage growth has fallen into negative territory and stalled at an all-time low, figures to be released on Wednesday are expected to show, as workers receive pay rises that have failed to keep up with the cost of living.
11 May 2017 |
SMH
Labor will
put higher education at the centre of its response to this year's budget by announcing it will oppose all the government's major university changes, including the proposed rise in fees and slashing of the HECS repayment threshold.
09 May 2017 |
Kelly Hughes
OVER
VIEW:
WINNERS:
- The Medicare levy will be increased, with the revenue to fund a $22 billion National Disability Scheme.
- First home buyers will be able to use voluntary contributions to their superannuation to save for housing, as well as a new restriction on foreign property owners.
09 May 2017 |
ABC
WINNERS:
The National Disability Insurance Scheme has been fully funded. The fund to pay for it will be topped up with additional money generated from the increase in the Medicare Levy. Over the forward estimates, $9.1 billion will be paid into the special account.
02 May 2017 |
AFR
Recor
d numbers of Australian households face mortgage stress as large loans and rising interest rates start to bite, according to detailed analysis of lending, repayments and household incomes.
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