Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen told journalists that since the last federal election, the government has had spending as a percentage of GDP at GFC levels. Is that right?
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Industry consolidation and technological advances have completely reshaped the pathology industry over recent decades. But the way governments pay for pathology services hasn’t kept up.
There was a very revealing moment in Scott Morrison’s interview on Tuesday’s ABC 7.30 program about this week’s budget update. Presenter Leigh Sales was pressing Morrison about the gap between the Coalition’s…
The Book Council of Australia – announced by Tony Abbott just over a year ago – was today scrapped. But we still need a body to advocate for literature and to advise government on policy settings.
The experts’ take on Scott Morrison’s first mid-year economic update.
Health, welfare compliance and aged care have been targeted for savings in a budget update that forecasts deficits bigger than forecast in May and pushes out further the return to surplus.
The government has revised down its forecast for economic growth to 2.5% and an expected deficit of $37.4 billion.
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