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The Federal Budget was handed down last night by the Treasurer, Dr Jim Chalmers, and included measures to ease cost of living pressures, provide for those who are disadvantaged or excluded, and, of course, provide a budget surplus of $4 billion dollars. Speaking with Roderick Chambers in Parliament House Canberra, Dr Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for …
The NDIS is feeling the squeeze after the unveiling of the 2023 federal budget, annual growth to be capped at 8% per year by 2027. Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, MP Bill Shorten spoke today about the budgets implications on the operations of the scheme moving forward. Image: Image: …
Australia’s National Quantum Strategy was released last week, outlining the government’s aims to guide and develop the local quantum industries. This comes as part of the government’s National Reconstruction Fund which will provide a targeted investment of 1 billion dollars for critical technologies like quantum. It’s estimated quantum industries incould create 19,400 direct jobs, generating …
Dr Jim Chalmers first main Budget where policy settings become evident. Things like HECS debt, Diesel rebate and anything to do with Business have not garnered any support, but a comprehensive energy package which includes a 2 billion dollar kickstart for Hydrogen has. Wendy Frew, Dominic Giles and Roderick Chambers were in the lockup and …
Tonight Treasurer Jim Chalmers will deliver his second budget, with an announcement of a surplus for the first time in 15 years. Some of the policies already announced for this year’s budget are cost of living support, a pay increase for aged care workers, and more money for defence. Produced By: Amanda Copp Featured In …
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced changes to the parenting payment – lifting the cut off for the youngest child from age 8 to 14. It means an increase of about $176 a fortnight. Currently, single parents get about $922 a fortnight. After the youngest child reaches the cut off age, single parents move to …
An event in Brisbane by the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties will explore how to make the youth justice system better with non-punitive responses. It comes as the Queensland government is trying to tackle youth crime across the state with stronger sentences for young offenders, but the system, instead of supporting their rehabilitation, makes them …
New research released last week reveals around 85 per cent of diverse journalists face online abuse. The report, commissioned by Media Diversity Australia, states young media workers are the most vulnerable to this abuse, and most of them accept abuse as part of the job. Image: Most diverse journalists face online abuse. (Fox) Produced By: …