This parliament’s final months has taught us at least one thing:the major parties want the October election to be a contest of ideas. Here’s what’s on offer so far.
As Queen’s Wharf rises and other restaurants shut their doors,the River City’s dining scene has a laundry list of pressures,topped off with national staffing shortages.
After months of talks,the Coalition has walked away from a key change to the Reserve Bank. But the treasurer may win support from the Greens.
The average NSW home value hit $1.22 million in June,with Victoria the only state where values went backwards.
It went for $100,000 more than the asking price that made it Perth’s cheapest standalone property – but even the inflated price is well below the “new normal”.
After almost eight years in power,this government has got lazy,unimaginative,crass and ever-ready to use taxpayer dollars to grab happy headlines and votes.
Primary vote support for Queensland Labor has fallen to more than 20 percentage points below the LNP before October’s election,new Brisbane Times polling shows.
There is no sign the treasurer has helped the government or himself with his statement that higher rates were “smashing” the economy.
You can’t argue that demand has been growing stronger than supply and so causing price rises,while claiming profits have not risen.
Charlie used to wheeze through the night and was sometimes raced to hospital. Now the family has been able to throw away his puffer.
Petrol prices at the bowser are primed to fall in coming months as a slowdown in major economies reduces demand for oil.