Treasurer Jim Chalmers has ramped up his sell of Labor’s revamped tax cuts, releasing fresh analysis showing families are expected to pocket an average tax cut worth more than $3000 next financial year. The intervention comes as Opposition Leader Peter Dutton sharpened his attacks against Labor on Saturday, accusing theContinue Reading
The ABC’s chief political correspondent insists Australia has an “issue with racism” after it was revealed she had been “counselled” by the broadcaster’s news director over her comments at an event last weekend. Laura Tingle made controversial comments at the Sydney Writers’ Festival when she was asked to comment onContinue Reading
If you’ve been struggling to pick up your favourite chocolate while at the supermarket, you’re not alone. Australians recently spotted Bounty bars had disappeared from shelves, sparking fears the cult-confectionary item had been axed. But despite concerns the popular bar, which contains a coconut centre encased in chocolate, had beenContinue Reading
Australia is on track to “obliterate” last year’s record immigration levels as record population growth sends living standards into “terminal decline”, an economist has warned. Leith van Onselen, co-founder of MacroBusiness and chief economist at MB Fund and MB Super, said the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of StatisticsContinue Reading
Governments have manufactured a crippling crisis that’s led to unprecedented housing pressures, a rising risk of homelessness, and the rapid death of the Great Australian Dream. And while Anthony Albanese champions multibillion-dollar plans to build more homes and save families from financial disaster, the Prime Minister has avoided mentioning oneContinue Reading