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Unemployment hits 21-year high

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... months, from 31.7% to 29.7%. The figures show woman and young people have been the worst affected by the crisis, with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg labelling the figures as devastating. "Female employment fell by 118,000, making up 52% of the jobs lost in ...

Labor calls for end to war on super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... ATM, rather than getting better returns by investing in assets for the long term." In his speech, the shadow assistant treasurer and shadow minister for financial services says Morrison's request is something he agrees with, but adds that for the ...

Lockdown measures cost $4bn a week: Frydenberg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has revealed the COVID-19 social restrictions are costing the Australian economy $4 billion a week. New analysis from Treasury estimates the mass closure of businesses and activities, designed to stop the spread of the virus ...

Vale Ted Evans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... a vice like grip. Belief and persistence were his strengths which he employed in powerful advocacy." Former Liberal treasurer Peter Costello said Evans believed in serving the public and had left "an enduring legacy to Australian economic policy". "The ...

Trillion dollar stimulus debt debated

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... are under pressure and we won't allow a fire sale of Australian businesses to foreign interests," Morrison said. "The Treasurer has announced changes to the foreign investment framework to protect Australia's national businesses." The Prime Minister ...

Chief economist update: Great Scott! Mighty Mo to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... establishment of the National Bushfire Recovery Agency - for one can read between the lines of their pronouncements that he and Treasurer Frydenberg still wanted to have the bragging rights to bringing the budget back into surplus. Not anymore. The coronavirus ...

Extraordinary stimulus provides wage subsidy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... job seeker payments, so that those with partners earning what was previously above the threshold will now be eligible. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said: "Australia is facing a war on two fronts. As the Prime Minister said we are facing a health crisis ...

Chief economist update: Budget surplus or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... factoring in the drop in government revenues due the general slowdown in business activity. But nah, prime minister (and treasurer) not a single Australian would fault you for not achieving that promised surplus. Australians, all, might even celebrate ...

Chief economist update: Bushfires singe growth, surplus predictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... surplus long before the bushfire catastrophe. It's pitiful and a shame that Prime Minister Morrison and Federal Treasurer Frydenberg were forced to capitulate only at a great cost to Australian lives and property. This highlights the criticism du' ...

Chief economist update: When monetary and fiscal policies don't meet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... government and monetary policies, there is no meeting of the minds between Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (and his Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg) and Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe. A report by the Bank for International ...