Posts tagged "Frydenberg"

The Morrison government has promised to make the paid parental leave scheme “fairer” for more Australian families by introducing more flexibility to the system and expanding the eligibility criteria. 

The federal government has delivered its mid-year budget update, showing an improvement of $7.4 billion of the budget’s bottom line.

The federal government has named competition and antitrust litigator Gina Cass-Gottlieb as the incoming chair of the competition regulator.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg appears to have thrown the most important findings of the banking royal commission under a bus.

The RBA is not going to let up on pushing unemployment down and wage growth back up to where it believes it should be, not even for growing concern about climbing home prices.

It seems like only yesterday Treasurer Josh Frydenberg was unveiling the budget he promised would drive Australia out of pandemic doldrums. But seven months later, many of the signature splashes have failed to have a big impact.

Australian budgets aren’t really about money. Instead the budget has become a statement of the government’s values, because it puts numbers on those values.

Facebook has blocked the sharing of news content in Australia, and last month, Google threatened to exit the market. So what’s prompting these nuclear options?

Last night, Labor delivered its alternative budget, saying it would be investing $500 million in fast-tracking repairs to social housing.

Responsible lending laws will be eased in an effort to make it easier for small businesses and consumers to take out loans during COVID-19.

Australia has fallen into a recession as household spending plummeted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's what SMEs need to know.

Treasurer Frydenberg has asked the ACCC to do another inquiry into the banks' pricing practices, and there are four questions it ought to be asking.