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Budget 2024: Additional $11.3bn promised for housing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... would otherwise have run out." Earlier this week, the Prime Minister convened national cabinet where premiers and chief ministers backed the new measures in the Budget to help Australians build, rent and buy. The new investments include $1 billion directed ...

Australia's budget position ranks second among G20 nations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... responsible management is ensuring that fiscal policy is taking the pressure off inflation when it is at its highest," the ministers said. "The Albanese government delivered Australia's first surplus in 15 years in 2022-23, achieving a $100 billion turnaround ...

QIC names next chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... the very successful chief executive transition from Damien Frawley to Kylie Rampa. "I immensely thank our shareholding ministers - the premier of Queensland and the deputy premier, treasurer and minister for trade and investment, my fellow board members ...

The Voice is not at the expense of the economy: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
... any sign that the government is not focused on a whole range of issues, including the economic ones. There are many ministers in the government; they're not all focused on the Voice at any one single time. They are focusing on many issues, as governments ...

Budget all about responsible economic management: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... economic management and that will be displayed in the May federal budget. Speaking in Washington DC at the G20 Finance Ministers' and Central Bank Governors' Meeting and International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Bank 2023 Spring Meetings, Chalmers said ...

Crypto asset reforms underway: Treasurer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... be regulated. This hasn't been done anywhere else in the world, so it will make Australia leaders in this work." The ministers noted that with the increasingly widespread proliferation of crypto assets - to the extent that crypto advertisements can be ...

Ministers told to divest shareholdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
Under a new code of conduct introduced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, federal ministers must divest any direct investments held outside of a public superannuation fund, listed managed funds and some trust arrangements. The code of conduct for ministers ...

Chalmers sworn in as treasurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... women." Stephen Jones is the most likely candidate for her portfolio, having held the shadow portfolio since 2019. Other ministers that have looked to influence the financial services sector in recent years that will also not return to parliament include ...

Recession-style policy but no recession: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
... particularly the kind of mega projects worth $5 billion or more. "We've had state treasurers, state infrastructure ministers, warning about the challenges of delivering on this vision. We've got shortages or high prices for raw materials, challenges ...

Australia confirms economic sanctions against Russia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2022
... paralyse Russia's foreign reserves and prevent Russian officials and elites from accessing key financial systems," the ministers said.