Australia is expected to be home to an extra 4.1 million people by the middle of the next decade,despite falling fertility and an increase in deaths.
The government is mandating cash for essential services across the country. Supermarkets and petrol stations are in – but bottle shops and cafes are out.
After coming under fire from for his mid-year budget update,Treasurer Jim Chalmers says:“We’ve rejected this free advice that says slash and burn in the budget”.
What’s in a job title? Everything,if your job just happened to disappear as part of a major revamp by the bureau of statistics of the nation’s thousands of occupations.
Both sides know the current system,reliant on the nation’s army of wage slaves,is failing the economy and future generations.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has revealed a big hit to the budget bottom line with the nation’s debt set to crash through $1 trillion in the coming year.
The record amount has flowed through a growing number of trusts to help Australians,mostly high-income earners,reduce their tax bills.
The Coalition’s nuclear power plan forecasts much lower energy use than Labor’s renewables-focused policy. That could hit growth by up to 12 per cent annually.
Six people have been appointed to help run the Reserve Bank and set interest rates as part of Jim Chalmers’ overhaul of the bank.
A slowdown in China amid fears of the fallout from the Trump presidency will wipe $8.5 billion from a federal budget already bleeding red ink.
After being left with a huge backlog in veterans’ financial assistance claims,the government is facing another $1.8 billion in payments.