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Budget deficit to balloon to $42.1bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... more per year once implemented. Additionally, the government will increase the Medicare levy low-income threshold. Energy bills will also be reduced by $150 this year - costing the government around $1.8 billion. To fight Australia's productivity ...

Australian economy 'fundamentally sound': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... rose in October, with only education (-1.3%) and utilities (-3.4%) falling, the latter due to government rebates on energy bills. "Spending rose marginally in October as income tax cuts, lower petrol prices and energy rebates freed some consumers up ...

ASIC slaps Macquarie with record $5m fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
... can have a detrimental flow on impact to supplier funding costs, and in turn energy prices. This can lead to higher energy bills for consumers who are already struggling with the cost of living," Longo added.

Budget 2024: Cost of living relief takes centre stage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... working parent. A fairer go at every checkout," Chalmers said when presenting the Budget to parliament. "New help with energy bills for every household and for small business. Stronger Medicare in every community. More homes in every state and territory. ...

Australians need $1.6m for comfortable retirement: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... "food, petrol and a roof over my head" while another said, "not having to worry about everyday livings costs and energy bills, being able to eat out once a week and travel in Australia in our caravan." For another, comfortable meant "having enough money ...

What you need to know about the 2023-24 budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... The Small Business Energy Incentive will help about 3.8 million small- and medium-sized enterprises save on their energy bills. Women continue to be a focal point in the Labor budget, building on the October 2022 initiatives that tackled economic inequality ...

Federal budget 2023: Winners and losers

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... children under 16, pensioners and other concession card holders. It is the largest investment in such incentives ever. Energy bills: From July, federal, state and territory governments will co-fund $3 billion worth of bill relief which will see over ...

Budget cuts advisers' power bills, admin burden

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... the Small Business Energy Incentive will help about 3.8 million small- and medium-sized enterprises save on their energy bills by way of a tax deduction. Some $310 million in tax relief is set to help SMEs with an annual turnover of less than $50 million. ...

How Australians are losing retirement returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
... fund's performance in over a year. Banney commented: "Australians are battling rising grocery bills, petrol costs and energy bills, so it's understandable their super is not front of mind." "That said, your super is essentially your ticket to retirement ...

Global cooling on carbon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... European businesses, especially the energy intensive ones, and it'll lower European consumers' living expenses, mainly energy bills. They need that with many national governments on an austerity crusade - reducing fiscal spending here and raising taxes ...
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