Energy rebates set to shave off $300 from every household electricity bill are designed to help Australians “right now”, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has claimed, in an attempt to neutralise criticism over Labor’s key $275 power bill cut promise. Speaking on Wednesday following the federal budget, the Treasurer outlined the AlbaneseContinue Reading
Workers earning over $150,000 a year are the biggest losers of Anthony Albanese’s great big tax cut backflip. The Prime Minister is set to roll the dice on the biggest gamble of his political career, abandoning an election promise not to tinker with tax cuts. But the top end ofContinue Reading
Just like July 1, the first day of the New Year always brings with it a raft of changes as new laws and regulations, fees and charges, and taxes and benefits come into effect. Here are all the biggest changes you need to know about from January 1, 2024. DisposableContinue Reading
NSW motorists using toll roads will be limited to racking up a weekly toll bill of $400, if they want to benefit from the $60 cap – a key election promise of the Labor government before it won the state election in March. During the election, Labor in opposition saidContinue Reading
Cold medications containing pseudoephedrine will again be sold over-the-counter in New Zealand, as the country’s newly formed government overturns the ban as part of “long overdue” health reforms. New Zealand’s incoming conservative Prime Minister announced on Thursday that an agreement to form a three-party coalition government had been reached, 40Continue Reading
Sydney motorists will pay at least $123 billion in road tolls by 2060, according to new modelling released by Labor as it accused the former Coalition government of keeping the true cost of “multi-decade” contracts a “state secret”. The modelling by NSW Treasury and Transport for NSW released on MondayContinue Reading
Questions have been raised over whether all NSW drivers will be able to access a $60 toll cap, which formed one of Labor’s key election promises before winning government in March. Appearing in budget estimates on Thursday, Roads Minister John Graham was asked multiple times whether all drivers in NSWContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese is set to announce a “deep inquiry” into the Covid-19 pandemic but has been accused of breaking a promise to hold a royal commission to appease Labor state premiers. The failure to ensure the inquiry has the powers of a royal commission has sparked immediate concerns it willContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese has lashed out at the Coalition for refusing to come to the table on Labor’s signature housing policy, insisting the opposition is “equally responsible” for the stalemate. The Prime Minister turned his sights on the opposition after rejecting the Greens’ demands to co-ordinate action on rent increases withContinue Reading
Labor’s centrepiece housing policy has been put on ice again after the Greens and the Coalition teamed up for a second time to postpone voting on the Housing Australia Future Fund in the Senate. Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young moved a motion in the upper house on Monday to postpone theContinue Reading