Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand down his second full-year budget on Tuesday, vowing to shore up the economy’s near-term growth and deliver cost of living relief without adding to inflation. “This is not the time for scorched earth austerity … this is not the time to slash and burn inContinue Reading
Virgin has nestled into the gap left by Bonza going bust with a heap of deals into the Gold Coast. A sale announced on Monday only applies to Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday flights to/from Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Canberra but for dates between June and December. With no checked baggageContinue Reading
Inflation could return to the Reserve Bank’s target band by the end of 2024, Tuesday’s federal budget will show, a full year ahead of the Reserve Bank’s own forecasts which predict a resurgence in price pressures. In positive news for cash strapped households, Treasurer Jim Chalmers third budget will predictContinue Reading
One hundred endometriosis nurses will be specially trained up and stationed in regional, rural and remote parts of the country to help improve the outcomes for the hundreds of thousands of Australians afflicted with the chronic disease. An estimated one in seven Australian women and girls are affected by endometriosis,Continue Reading
Lawyers for social media giant X and its billionaire owner Elon Musk have warned the new power push from Australia’s eSafety Commissioner to demand the global removal of a violent video depicting the stabbing of a Sydney bishop could chill speech worldwide and prevent consumers from accessing “newsworthy” material. LawyersContinue Reading
Sydney has topped the charts when it comes to wellbeing, taking out a near clean sweep of the nation’s top 10 areas to live in, according to a new report. Eight out of the top 10 areas for wellbeing are located Greater Sydney, with Sydney’s Northern Beaches ranking first inContinue Reading
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has hinted at measures to bolster Australia’s dwindling birthrate in the upcoming May budget, but has ruled out lump-sum payments akin to the Howard government-era baby bonus scheme. Australia’s recent surge in population growth, buoyed by a soaring migration intake, has become a hot button political issue,Continue Reading
A Sydney council area has come out on top in a ranking of the best places to live in Australia in terms of overall wellbeing. The Northern Beaches, located northeast of the CBD, was one of eight local government areas in Sydney that made it into the 10 best-performing areasContinue Reading
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand down his third budget next week, as he again walks the tightrope of offering cost-of-living relief to struggling households without further fuelling inflation. Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has declared inflation will be the “primary focus” of Tuesday’s budget, but the Treasurer later insisted it wouldContinue Reading
The Victorian government is “creating the conditions needed” for 800,000 new homes while scrapping a shared equity scheme for first home buyers. The scheme received a $700m injection in Tuesday’s budget, following a $500m boost in September. But Tuesday’s budget reveals the shared equity scheme – where a first homebuyerContinue Reading