Sleight of hand: Frydenberg’s disappearing cash trick
When you read the budget fine print you discover that what the Treasurer gives with one hand, he takes away with the other.
When you read the budget fine print you discover that what the Treasurer gives with one hand, he takes away with the other.
Figures show the government pulled in about $33 billion more than originally predicted in income taxes alone this financial year.
It’s not the shrinking state, but NSW has lost more residents during the pandemic than any other state and the exodus is set to continue, budget papers reveal.
In its centrepiece defence budget announcement, the government will make the largest single investment in the Australian Signals Directorate in the agency’s history.
Australia’s spending on foreign aid and diplomacy will fall in real terms over the next four years, even as China exerts increasing influence in the region.
Eligible businesses will be able to deduct $120 for every $100 they spend on services that support their digital capability, including upgrades to cybersecurity systems or online sales platforms.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said total support for flood-hit communities is expected to exceed $6 billion.
An extra 1000 full-time positions will be created under a funding boost for Indigenous land and sea management.
Amid a war, pandemic and catastrophic flooding, the Treasurer promised to “stick to our plan” to build a stronger economy.
Apprentices in priority skills occupations will get a $1250 payment every six months for two years as part of a new $2.4 billion apprenticeship scheme.
Expect the price of petrol to fall by 22 cents a litre after the federal budget unveiled a tax cut that will cost $2.7 billion in revenue.
The extension of the medical insurance scheme suggests the government is considering lowering the age of eligibility once international trials are completed.
Changes to paid parental leave and a $1.3 billion down-payment on the new plan to end violence against women headline the Coalition’s pitch to female voters.
The federal budget speech reinterpreted: You live in a marginal or restive electorate, we look after you with some tasty infrastructure.
Clap if you believe the sudden outpouring of $8.6 billion in one-off handouts has absolutely nothing to do with the imminent federal election.
While Scott Morrison has repeatedly told us that Australians want government out of their lives, he is not brave enough to take his leave. Not so close to an election.
The best that can be said of the spending measures is that they are fairly modest compared to some past pre-election giveaways.
The Coalition’s plan to hit net zero by 2050 includes a significant expansion of Australia’s gas resources, which the government says will be used as a transition fuel.
Keep public housing out of Brighton? It’s the Liberals that cluster together, taking over suburbs. Their Ferraris, Bentleys and Mercs clog local roads like plaque clogs arteries.
A year after the release of Do Better the authors of the report that excoriated Collingwood for a systemically racist history have said the club has made meaningful progress.
The NRL player is on trial accused of having sex with a woman who was either unconscious or too drunk to consent. He says she consented and remained alert.
Weeks after enduring record-breaking floods, Northern Rivers face another major flood while authorities are also concerned for areas along the Mid-North Coast.
The Morrison government will deliver possibly its last budget tonight. Follow our live blog for the latest developments.
The Bulldogs flyer will come up against his old club for the first time trying to avoid the type of lean try-scoring patch he rarely endured at Melbourne.
Adrian Bott’s favourite Converge is set to give training partner Gai Waterhouse a record eighth Doncaster victory.
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