The Treasurer is hiding a dirty secret in the budget that’s so X-rated it’s not even available in a personal income tax cut sealed section. And let’s just say it involves having something done to you that sounds good in the short-term, but may not prove quite so enjoyable overContinue 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
Australians needing statutory declarations will no longer need to wait in lines or call around for a Justice of the Peace, with the system officially moving into the digital age. In what the government expects to be a major boost to productivity, statutory declarations will be able to be doneContinue Reading
China this week blocked exports of two vital minerals used in computer chips and hi-tech products – triggering a global rush to source alternate supplies. And Australia’s already positioning itself to secure a slice of the resulting “friend-shoring” market. A leading Communist Party trade official declared the restrictions on galliumContinue Reading
Taxpayers have spent $367.08m paying out employees of collapsed businesses since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Data from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations reveals more than 20,000 payments have been made under the Fair Entitlements Guarantee Act between March 1, 2020 and May 31, 2023. Under theContinue Reading