WA is set to play a pivotal role in the future of the country’s space industry
Two years. Twenty-four months. 730 days. However you slice it, the latest wait times for children needing to see a paediatrician through our state’s public system are simply indefensible.
Although the One Nation heat has mostly landed on the Liberals to date, Labor may find that its usual patronising attack lines against One Nation fail to land like they once did.
The tax-and-spend Albanese Government is allowing bracket creep to hurt the very people it says it is helping.
Jim Chalmers said he wasn’t expecting a Budget bounce from opinion polls, almost like it was a badge of honour that the public doesn’t like his tax plan.
It is impossible to overestimate the despair that is caused by road trauma.
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The key is recognising and understanding people are unhappy with the policies of the major parties, they want their views to be heard and their concerns to be addressed.
Albanese’s Labor has demonstrated it has placed its naked pursuit of power above principle, honesty and accountability.
What this Budget actually amounts to is nothing much other than the official documentation of the most egregious election broken promise we have seen in quite some time.
The Treasurer argued that breaking an election promise ‘for the right reason’ is a way to build trust. Bizarre.
Perhaps someone should give the WA Treasurer RBA Governor Michele Bullock’s phone number
A Government cash splash will be working in direct opposition to the RBA. And looking at the big picture beyond a possible small Government sugar hit, we will all be the losers.
Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy said it was not the time for a discussion about town camps. But if not now, when?
Throwing Government money around in what Chalmers will no doubt badge as cost-of-living relief in the May 12 Budget will be pulling in the opposite direction to the RBA’s use of its interest rate lever.
The Washington incident is another reminder of how fortunate we are here in Australia.
It remains important that we pause to give thanks for those in uniform who are there for us.
The task in front of Health Minister Mark Butler as he goes about trying to reset the NDIS should not be underestimated.
Australian businesses are hostage to a web of red and green tape that results in time-consuming and expensive compliance work.
As Jim Chalmers reviews his Budget plan, one area which must remain at the top of the savings list is the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Real relief depends on the smoke clearing on the Middle East conflict and a lasting resolution.
For Australia, which relies completely on the US security blanket, the stakes could not go any higher.
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Even if all goes well over the next two weeks and the ceasefire turns into the end of the war, it will be some time before oil supplies return to sufficient levels to take some of the pressure off.
Mr Roberts-Smith was once judged to be a hero for his bravery during combat. Authorities are now asking Aussies to judge the decorated soldier as a murderer for his activities in that very same field of combat.
Families waiting anxiously for their home dream to materialise face waiting a bit longer.
