Coalition pitches big tax cuts for working Australians The Turnbull Government has borrowed heavily from John Howard’s playbook with an election year Budget promising $140 billion in tax relief to middle Australia and a $1.6 billion sweetener for older people.Taking advantage of the best economic conditions...
See moreVictorian Budget tackles Melbourne’s growing population pains The Victorian Government has delivered a massive spending $68bn budget that boosts infrastructure spending in the cities and regions, provides for free TAFE courses to grow Victoria’s trade pool and payroll tax reductions for country businesses to encourage further...
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Cyber security may have finally become a board-level discussion in Australia but while concerns about security breaches keep C-suite execs and Directors up at night, what do company employees think and how are they treating this threat? Newgate recently undertook some research to explore this area...
See moreThe ascension of Michael McCormack to the Nationals’ Leadership and Deputy Prime Ministership caps off a deeply disruptive and bruising month for the Government. It must now pull out all the stops to reset and reinvigorate its agenda against the backdrop of an emboldened Opposition,...
See morePM’s strong finish to a long and fraught year The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will take a new-look Coalition ministerial team into 2018 with a big focus on the economy and jobs after today’s bigger than expected ministerial reshuffle enabled him to finish off a fraught...
See moreQueensland Government takes shape Two weeks since the election, Queensland finally has a government, albeit one with a wafer thin majority. Labor members will hold 48 of 93 seats in the new Parliament which, with one in the Speaker’s chair, makes for majority government – by...
See moreQueensland heads back to the polls this Saturday with the outcome as to who will take the Treasury benches very much up in the air with few willing to stake their credibility on backing a winner. The one thing everyone can agree on is the...
See moreAfter months of speculation it’s officially on; Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has called an election for November 25. Over the coming weeks, we will see Labor, the LNP and One Nation battle it out across the state potentially resulting in a new Government in Queensland...
See moreThe High Court’s bombshell decision today to rule Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce and his Nationals deputy leader Fiona Nash ineligible to sit in Parliament has ratcheted up the pressure and uncertainty surrounding the Federal Government.The Court’s decision this afternoon means the Government now faces the...
See moreThe first budget of the McGowan Government delivered late in the year, following the election in March was always going to be tough given the state of the WA economy and budgetary position inherited. But it’s not all doom and gloom with early signs of economic recovery...
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