One Nation’s suggestion to cut the excise by 75% is utterly ludicrous. It would take the excise back to where it was in 2013, and in real terms back to where it was in 2001. That isn’t a policy to reduce illegal smoking; it’s a policy to increase all smoking.
A broad coalition of industry groups, unions, NGOs and statutory bodies have published an open letter calling on the NSW Government to regulate the labour hire firms that employ large numbers of working holiday makers and PALM visa holders. The letter has been published amid a hotly contested debate over Australia’s national migration levels.
Online gambling companies are hitting the jackpot in Australia, with research showing five of the biggest operators raked in $5.4 billion in a single year while paying just $107 million in company income tax.
A Senate inquiry’s decision to back the Albanese government’s proposed NDIS overhaul has sparked outrage, with one participant warning the government and committee would have blood on their hands over deaths resulting from the changes. Despite hearing repeated warnings from experts and harrowing evidence from participants and their families, the committee tasked with scrutinising the controversial reforms recommended the bill be passed.
The ABS has released the May average earnings figures, which allows us to look at the gap in pay between men and women. The good news is that the gap is narrowing.
