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Budget 2024: Cost of living relief takes centre stage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
Support will be boosted for Australians facing acute and urgent financial pressures with $138 million to meet sustained high demand for crisis support including emergency relief, food relief and financial support services. Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced ...

Budget 2024: Additional $11.3bn promised for housing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
The Albanese government has made significant new housing investments in the Budget to help deliver a comprehensive Homes for Australia plan. "We're easing the cost of living - and we're building more homes for Australians. In the five years from this ...

Budget 2024: $20k instant asset write-off extended

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
The Federal Budget has extended the $20,000 instant asset write-off by 12 months until 30 June 2025. Small businesses, with an aggregated annual turnover of less than $10 million, will continue to be able to immediately deduct the full cost of eligible ...

Budget 2024: Government heeds industry calls to better support women

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
In the Federal Budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers formally announced a raft of measures to support women, many of which were flagged ahead of time. This includes the $925.2 million over five years to provide support for victim-survivors leaving a violent ...

Budget 2024: Chalmers looks to reset aged care, NDIS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
The Albanese government is investing $2.2 billion to reform the aged care sector and close to $500 million to put the NDIS back on track. The government has said it will invest $531.4 million to offer an additional 24,100 Home Care Packages next financial ...

Chalmers makes bold inflation prediction

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the government is predicting inflation will come back into the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) target range of 2-3% by Christmas and will be sitting at around 2.75%. The prediction is at odds with the RBA's modelling ...

Treasury shakes up foreign investing framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
Treasury is promising to make Australia a better investment hub for foreigners as it lays out comprehensive reforms to make the system "stronger, more streamlined, and more transparent". Treasurer Jim Chalmers today released an updated foreign investment ...

Australia's budget position ranks second among G20 nations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
Australia's budget balance as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) was second among G20 nations last year, improving from 14th in 2021, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Australia's budget balance was -0.9% of GDP in 2023, surpassing ...

Government introduces company merger overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
Australia's merger rules will be reformed in a bid to boost competition and productivity in the economy. Treasurer Jim Chalmers and assistant minister for competition, charities, and treasury Andrew Leigh jointly stated that mergers will be approved ...

Chalmers expected to deliver Budget surplus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is expected to deliver a surplus in the upcoming Federal Budget, but he warned iron ore prices and a softening labour market put a dent in how large it will be. Speaking at an event for the Committee for Economic Development of ...