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Chalmers boosts Help to Buy scheme, construction sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... to 40% to support eligible home buyers to purchase a home with a lower deposit and a smaller mortgage. Around 40,000 Australian households locked out of the market will be helped into home ownership, he said. Chalmers has also promised $54 million to ...

Budget deficit to balloon to $42.1bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... debt, tax cuts and more investment into infrastructure and healthcare. In his speech to parliament Chalmers said the Australian economy was "turning a corner". "Inflation is down, incomes are rising, unemployment is low, interest rates are coming down ...

Roads, railways, NBN winners in Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... Crossing Removal in South Australia and $20 million will go to the Monaro Highway Upgrade Stage 2 planning works in the Australian Capital Territory. Meanwhile, NBN Co. will be bolstered by an additional equity investment of up to $3 billion to upgrade ...

Green technology, clean energy receive Budget boost

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... million for low carbon liquid fuels. Subsequently, the $1 billion Green Iron Investment Fund will help establish an Australian green iron industry by providing upfront capital support to eligible facilities, while the $2 billion Green Aluminium Production ...

Tax rules clarified for managed investment trusts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... keep their concessional withholding tax rates in Australia. Federal Budget documents said that change complements the Australian Taxation Office's strengthened guidelines to prevent misuse. This measure will apply to fund payments from 13 March 2025. ...

Payday super on track, but so is the $3m super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... "Every young person today will now face the prospect of being penalised for working hard and achieving. This is un-Australian and disincentivises ambition and financial responsibility."

New tax cuts for every Australian 'a complete joke': UNSW

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... Federal Budget by declaring that cost-of-living pressures are "front and centre," unveiling two surprise tax cuts for all Australian taxpayers. From 1 July 2026, the 16% tax rate, which applies to taxable income between $18,201 and $45,000 will be reduced ...

Chalmers' warning on tariffs and trade wars

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... forms part of the Roadmap for Australia's Economic Engagement with India. "This will provide even more support for Australian firms to seize new commercial opportunities in India," the Budget said. In addition, the government has boosted defence ...

Government makes record commitment to Medicare

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... on Medicare will allow nine out of 10 GP visits to be fully bulk billed by by 2030, aiming to ease the pressure off Australian families, Chalmers said. Incentives will be paid to practices that choose to fully bulk bill. It also means there will be around ...

DBFO reforms package 'pretty disappointing': FAAA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has come out swinging against Treasury and its second tranche of draft Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms, saying it can't support them without "substantial change." FAAA chief executive ...