The federal government spent $343 billion on combatting COVID-19. A review finds that while useful,some of that spending exacerbated today’s inflation pressures.
Nervous government backbenchers looking for budget handouts have been warned by Treasurer Jim Chalmers there will not be a pre-election cash splash.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has indicated the government will tighten its focus on gambling companies’ use of R&D tax credits,which can total tens of millions.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has used an address to the International Monetary Fund to warn growing military conflicts pose a risk to the global economy.
The nation’s peak business group will propose a $10 billion federal plan to build more homes and slash the cost of construction.
The prime minister has taken retail politics to a new level – straight into the nation’s supermarket aisles.
Dodgy practices aimed at parting shoppers from their money will soon be banned under a government plan to bolster consumer protections.
The government has picked debit card surcharges as the latest enemy to target in its fight to conquer the cost of living crisis. But beware the pea and thimble trick.
Consumers’ anger with debit card surcharges has been growing for months. The government says it is prepared to ban them.
The only upside of watching US elections and electoral processes is,as Peter Hartcher says,to develop or renew one’s own appreciation of Australia’s electoral system
Treasury modelling suggests a sustained 10 per cent increase in the oil price over a year would add about 0.4 of a percentage point to the inflation rate.