‘Placement poverty’ to be tackled in Labor budget with new payments for student teachers and nurses
Midwives and social workers will also be given a $320 weekly payment for undertaking mandatory work placements at university ...
Budget surplus of $13b tipped, but Labor needs a ‘credible’ plan
It could be the second consecutive surplus for Labor and the first time that has happened in almost 20 years. But the ...
Budget surplus a 'big indicator' of Labor's ability to 'manage constituency taxes'
A budget surplus is “the big indicator” the Albanese government would look to give Australians to demonstrate they are able ...
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Jim Chalmers says Labor has returned 88 per cent of revenue upgrades to the budget, compared to 40 per cent under the Coalition. Is that correct?
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has looked back on his first post-election meeting with Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy and revealed how the pair discussed "shooting for a surplus" in Labor's first term.
The budget reveals what governments actually care about. And Labor has chosen to keep jobseekers in poverty
The government could easily index jobseeker to whichever is highest of the CPI or wage price index ...
Budget deficits to deepen over next four years amid Labor’s new growth agenda
Forecast deficits will deepen over the next four years as Jim ­Chalmers is forced to lift spending and funnel investment into ...
Labour's plan to nationalise railways could hike costs by £10 billion
increased the number of train services by a third and turning a large cost to the taxpayer into an operational surplus for ...
Jim Chalmers’ second surplus all but assured
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is all but assured of delivering back-to-back surpluses, with new figures showing thumping revenue ...
AUD to USD Forecast: Aussie Trade Data and the US Labor Market in Focus
Australian housing and trade data may impact AUD/USD and influence investor sentiment amid RBA rate hike speculations.
The Tribune2d
Labour Government’s budget
IF members of the two older parties in England imagined that the Labour Party would suffer in public estimation ... revenue on the existing basis of taxation £828,000,000, leaving a surplus of £38,000 ...
David Marquand, cerebral and moderate Labour MP influential in the rise of the SDP and Blairism – obituary
David Marquand, who has died aged 89, was a Europhile social democrat who resigned as a Labour MP to follow Roy Jenkins to ...