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Sparks fly over energy bill handouts for the wealthy

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has defended a handout of energy rebates to all households despite calls to have it extended more to those struggling to make ends meet.

AAP · May 14, 2024

Cost-of-living help branded 'Band-Aid on bullet wound'

Cost-of-living budget measures have been branded inadequate by the coalition, with a manufacturing policy promising subsidies facing a significant hurdle.

AAP · May 14, 2024

Jim Chalmers delivers 2024 budget speech – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · May 13, 2024

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Chalmers signals inflation focus in budget – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · May 11, 2024

Firms would have been less able to accelerate prices and inflation with proposed competition policy, Chalmers says

Treasurer says proposed reforms would mean ‘more confidence’ in mergers scrutinised by the ACCC

The Guardian - AU · Apr 10, 2024

Collapse at regional mine – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Mar 12, 2024

‘A big boys’ club’: senior Liberal women fight to solve the party’s gender problem

The preselection of Simon Kennedy in Cook has fanned fears about lack of balance – with more men set to replace retiring female MPs

The Guardian - AU · Mar 8, 2024

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Slowing economy can't be ignored in budget: Chalmers

The treasurer says the upcoming federal budget will be a balancing act between fighting inflation and addressing a slowing economy.

AAP · Mar 6, 2024

Property investors won't lose tax deductions: Treasurer

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says property investors will continue to enjoy their tax breaks, while ruling out the prospect of changes to negative gearing.

AAP · Feb 11, 2024

Prices ease but insurance and housing are still biting

Consumer price growth is coming off the boil but some key essential goods and services are still painfully elevated.

AAP · Jan 31, 2024

Jim Chalmers warns restoring tax cuts to high earners would ‘smash’ budget by almost $40bn

Treasurer’s data estimates reimposing old stage-three cuts while retaining Labor’s plan for low and middle earners would cost $39bn over four years

The Guardian - AU · Jan 31, 2024

Stage-three tax cuts: cabinet approves new cost-of-living relief for workers on less than $150,000

Taxpayers earning under $150,000 would be better off under a plan to retain the 37% tax bracket, unwinding the Morrison government’s stage-three tax cuts due to come into effect this year

The Guardian - AU · Jan 23, 2024

Scott Morrison to resign from politics for ‘new challenges in the global corporate sector’

Former prime minister quitting after 16 years in parliament to also ‘spend more time with my family’

The Guardian - AU · Jan 23, 2024

Greens warn Labor stage-three tax cuts will add to inflation and bring little relief for most workers

Party releases Parliamentary Budget Office estimates that the plan will cost $323.6bn over a decade

The Guardian - AU · Jan 22, 2024

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AAP · Jan 10, 2024

Unions sink calls for government role in port pay clash

A union chief has brushed off suggestions the federal government needs to step in to prevent a maritime workplace dispute worsening.

AAP · Oct 27, 2023

Federal pollies take getting fit for office literally

Prominent politicians have engaged in a month-long fitness challenge, with the man in charge of the 'competition' portfolio ironically winning the lot.

AAP · Oct 7, 2023

Young people 'key' to voice success as PM casts vote

Political leaders have called on young people to be the voice of their generation ahead of the referendum, as the prime minister cast his vote early.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 27, 2023

Peter Dutton demands more community consultation for Hunter Offshore Wind Project

Peter Dutton meets with Port Stephens fishers and tourist operators.

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AAP · Sep 26, 2023

Plan to boost employment labelled 'missed opportunity'

The Albanese government's employment white paper has been called a missed opportunity to curb inflation while bringing down unemployment.

The Guardian - AU · Jul 25, 2023

Mass stranding in WA – as it happened

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The Conversation · Jul 24, 2023

Chris Barrett becomes new head of the Productivity Commission, as Jim Chalmers flags fresh focus

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has appointed Chris Barrett, an economist with extensive public service and governmental experience, as the new chair of the Productivity Commission.

AAP · Jul 19, 2023

Aussie unemployment rate hangs on at 3.5 per cent

The labour market has proved resilient, with the jobless rate coming in at 3.5 per cent and 33,000 new jobs added to the economy.

The Guardian - AU · Jul 17, 2023

Australian government spending on big four consultancy firms up 1,270% in a decade, analysis shows

PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and EY face scrutiny as critics warn core functions of democracy should not be outsourced

AAP · Jul 16, 2023

First female RBA governor to bring 'reform agenda'

The incoming governor of the Reserve Bank, Michele Bullock, will have a full plate overhauling the major institution and laying out new ground rules.

AAP · Jun 30, 2023

Federal surplus to rocket past earlier forecasts

The slender surplus forecast in the May budget is likely to be much more convincing as foreshadowed by new government data.

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