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Green technology, clean energy receive Budget boost

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... host UN COP31 climate conference in 2026, which is an expensive task, it said, while pointing the budget restraint as an election strategy. "The government has bet on cost-of-living measures and budget restraint as an election winning strategy, and will ...

Budget deficit to balloon to $42.1bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... with the first back-to-back surpluses in nearly two decades and smaller deficits and lower debt compared to the 2022 Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Outlook (PEFO)," Budget documents said. "The Budget position is cumulatively $207 billion better than ...

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

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... Budget. "Considering there was no mention of changes, the government is now committed to taking this tax to the next election, warts and all." SuperAPI co-founder and chief commercial officer Ben Styles said it was disappointing to see that the government ...

What to expect in the 2025 Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... cost-of-living relief is expected to take front and centre, especially as the Albanese government is required to call the federal election prior to May 17 - a move that HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham has warned against. "As is typical of pre-election ...

BlackRock rebalance sparks record-high ETF trades on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... President Donald Trump's aggressive trade tactics that soured the bullish sentiments immediately triggered by his election last November. As at mid-March, however, the S&P500 is 9% lower from its February all-time high. "Some of the US macro data ...

Tranche 2 is coming before the election: Jones

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... Jones has confirmed Tranche 2 off the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes reforms will be released before the upcoming election. Speaking to Financial Standard, Jones said Tranche 2 has been a priority for the government and they want to ensure everything ...

Fixing retirement system an election priority: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... simplification of Australia's retirement income system, saying it should be a policy priority for whoever wins this year's federal election. Releasing its Orange Book 2025: Policy priorities for the federal government report, Grattan made several recommendations ...

Deficit to reach $26bn: Deloitte

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
The federal government's pre-election budget is expected to unveil an underlying cash deficit of $26.1 billion for the 2025 financial year, while revenues will deteriorate by $11.3 billion over four years, a new report from Deloitte shows. The deficit ...

Australia must focus on 'friend-shoring': UNSW

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... the major economic policy challenges faced by Australia and made five key recommendations ahead of this year's federal election. The research found that navigating United States-China trade relations, reassessing immigration and high population growth ...

RBA delivers 'cautious' cut, road ahead unclear

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... national economic discussion should now shift to what needs to be done to lift productivity growth, as we head towards an election that has to be held by May 17." Commonwealth Bank head of Australian economics Gareth Aird has a different forecast, expecting ...