What’s in the budget for the environment? Lots for green industry, little for conservation
Articles on Federal budget 2024
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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.
If the Reserve Bank is genuinely prepared to cut interest rates as inflation moves back towards its target, we can expect a rate cut within the year.
A $300 energy rebate and an increase in rent assistance headline Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ third budget.
This budget contains not only foreshadowed tax cuts, but a range of new spending measures in health, education, infrastructure and aged care.
Allowing our spent lithium batteries to be exported free of charge could mean forfeiting a potential $3 billion onshore reprocessing industry.
Tuesday’s budget will show there has been an improvement of $10.5 billion in the bottom line. The update forecasted a deficit of $1.1 billion for 2023-24.
Making the wrong decision about how to access care can impact both your health and finances. So what are your options? And what policy reforms are needed to improve affordable access to health care?
Teaching, nursing, midwifery and social work students may be eligible to receive $319.50 per week while on placements. But experts say more help is needed.
The federal government has announced plans to change the way debts are indexed. But it may not help students over the long term.
This is a structural problem, not something one budget can fix.
Domestic violence is not just a critical social and health issue, but a major economic challenge for victim survivors and the nation.
Here’s how we design a fairer pathology system, fit for the 21st century, with no out-of-pocket costs or the public.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Lecturer, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Music Industry and Popular Culture, RMIT University
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Senior Research Engineer in Electric Vehicle Batteries and Battery Storage, Edith Cowan University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne
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Senior lecturer, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
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Professor of Management, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Director, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Work and Organisation, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Music Industry, RMIT University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Social Responsility in Mining, The University of Queensland