Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth has announced what she described as “once-in-a-generation reforms”, declaring Australia’s “one-size-fits-all” employment services system is failing the country’s 1.1 million jobseekers.
Australia’s $368 billion AUKUS pact is facing fresh scrutiny as the Albanese government continues to deepen its investment in a program critics warn may never deliver promised nuclear-powered submarines.
Advocates have warned the Albanese government’s planned overhaul of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) risks repeating the very policy failures that led to the system’s creation in the first place. Muriel Cummins from grassroots campaign Every Australian Counts – which fought to establish the NDIS - cautioned that while the reforms may reduce visible government spending, they risk increasing costs elsewhere.
Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed that annual inflation in April was 4.2%, down from 4.6% in March. While it is likely to have little impact on the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) rate decision next month, the figures at least show that the large jump in inflation in March was a once-off.
Last week’s mainstream and social media were full of handwringing about the Budget’s tax proposals, particularly changes to the capital gains tax (CGT) discount. A lot of this content focuses on the idea that the tax changes will stop young people from buying their own home by undermining their efforts to use the stock market or other ‘investment strategies’ to save for a house. This is nonsense.
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It is kind of amazing how, after Jim Chalmers announced his reforms to the capital gains tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing, there was a conga line of wannabe influencer economists suddenly keen to demonstrate their Nobel Prize aspirations — telling everyone that the CGT discount introduced by John Howard in 1999, and negative gearing, really had nothing to do with the rise in house prices or the collapse in housing affordability over the past two decades.
Major investors, unions, businesses, survivor advocates and human rights groups are calling on the Albanese government to urgently strengthen Australia's Modern Slavery Act.
New South Wales was the first state to tighten its gun laws after the Bondi Massacre, limiting the type and number of guns someone can own in the state. While there has been predictable outrage from the gun lobby, they’re already working.
This morning, at Senate estimates, the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) were asked about the drop in emissions since 2005. Almost all of the drop cited was due to the inclusion of land clearing.
National Anti-Corruption Commissioner (NACC) Paul Brereton has resigned amid ongoing scrutiny over alleged conflicts of interest. The NACC’s inaugural Commissioner has notified the Governor-General he will leave the role on July 6, just three years into his five-year term.
It isn’t always easy to keep up with what’s happening in the US. “Shorter America” is a series where Dr Emma Shortis loops you in on what’s going on in America and shares news and analysis that you can trust.
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Another day, day 15 after the budget, and the press is still full of stories trying to evoke sympathy for the downtrodden rich in Australia.
The best available evidence supports President Ramos-Horta’s claim that Australia nets the lion’s share of the benefits of the PALM scheme
The first calls for a boycott came in 1964. A young Danish left-wing activist stormed the stage holding a banner reading “Boycott Franco and Salazar”. Though, the most controversial part of the competition has long been the inclusion of Israel.
