The 2014 budget predicted a deficit of $29.8bn for the 2014-15 financial year. The 2015 budget reveals the deficit will actually be $41.1...
Australian Government budget: headline numbers
On the day after the budget, we bring you the first of a series of posts. This focuses on the broadest set of numbers that the budget revea...
Capital Punishment
This morning Australia woke to the news that two of its citizens, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukamaran had been executed by firing squad in Indo...
Federal Budget Woes
With the leadership speculation swirling around in Canberra, the treasurer's performance has been called into question along with his pr...
Housing Finance: Owner Occupiers vs Investors
The latest housing finance figures show that loans for the purpose of investing in the residential housing market continued to skyrocket to...
Record Low Interest Rates
When he was still the prime minister, John Howard famously claimed that interest rates would always be lower under a Coalition government. ...
Adoption Crusaders
There has been a lot of media attention on adoption policy lately, partly on the back of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s an...
Queensland Labor Leadership
Queensland has just seen its second remarkable election in three years, with a tiny Labor opposition picking up enough seats to turn the rul...
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