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On this podcast we are joined by Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor to talk about the budget.
Australia currently spends 2% of GDP on defence. Donald Trump wants it to be 3%. What is the magic number? We asked five experts
We really need another budget post election. That’s because this one is about chasing votes – and could be quickly overtaken by Trump’s April 2 tariff announcement.
Jim Chalmers has given outline of next week’s budget in speech, promising it would be “a responsible budget which helps with the cost of living.”
Nigeria’s 2025 budget is anything but pro-poor.
The important question in a democratic setting is who gets to pay taxes and how they connect to the well-being of its citizens.
Appropriately, we finish our podcast for 2024 talking to Treasurer Jim Chalmers and his shadow, Angus Taylor because, as the saying goes, "it's the economy, stupid!"
Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral is set to reopen more than five years after a devastating fire. The blaze and its aftermath have fueled debates about the funding of France’s cultural heritage.
South Africa’s social relief grant has enabled recipients to search for work or start small businesses.
Australians are expected to spend almost $70 billion this Christmas but this doesn’t mean we all need to blow our budgets over the festive season.
Next month’s update of the federal budget will forecast a bigger deficit for 2024-25 than was predicted in the May budget, according to the Deloitte Access Economics’ Budget Monitor.
Past initiatives to entice public servants to take early retirement have done little to reduce the cost of government.
Budget credibility is crucial for Mozambique’s economic development and public trust.
Austerity means choosing not to invest in citizens, contrary to the mandate of South Africa’s constitution.
Financial years create a standardised timeframe for business reporting, government budgeting and tax collection. But their start and end dates vary around the world.
Spikes in inflation are often blamed on government borrowing to deliver cash handouts. But it’s more complicated than that. The real issue lies in borrowing without a plan to balance the books.
Many of the party’s more ambitious proposals – like free cancer treatment and dental care for pensioners – were abandoned after the 2019 election, and have not resurfaced.
Which departments are the biggest winners and losers in this year’s budget? We’ve broken the budget documents down to show you where the money’s going - and where it isn’t.
The treasurer has juggled the economics and the politics by going big on spending while keeping a firm eye on inflation.
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Research Associate, University of Johannesburg
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Institutional Economics, RMIT University
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Professiorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Emeritus Professor of Economics (Griffith University) and Teaching Associate (University of Queensland), Griffith University
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Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Economist, UNSW
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Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Professor of Tax Law, New York University, and Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania