Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says last week’s budget was not about opinion polls. That’s probably a good thing – the post-budget polls hav…
Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says last week’s budget was not about opinion polls. That’s probably a good thing – the post-budget polls hav…
Julia Gillard’s personal poll ratings have gone backwards, with the public split over the fairness of the budget, according to new researc…
Finance Minister Penny Wong has dismissed Tony Abbott’s budget reply as uninformative and negative, but a small business lobbyist says the…
The Opposition has defended the lack of detail in its budget response to the Parliament last night, saying the Coalition will deliver more d…
Opposition Small Business spokesperson Bruce Billson says the Federal budget fails to address the significant issues facing Australia’s smal…
Retail bodies say small businesses should feel “ripped off” by the lack of relief in the 2011 Federal budget, but industry groups have w…
I doubt whether Julia Gillard, Wayne Swan or even the cabinet understand what they did to middle income Australia in the 2011-12 budget. …
In truth Wayne Swan has produced a budget that is hard to distinguish from his effort last year or in 2008. There’s the same unwillingness…
Greater workforce participation requirements for the long-term unemployed, an increase in skilled migrant numbers and work-training programs…
The retail workers union has thrown its support behind retailers’ call for GST on all imports, as Customs admits it has no evidence to jus…
SMEs have highlighted their concerns about the Federal Government’s proposed carbon tax, with a new survey revealing more than half believ…
SMEs are strongly opposed to the Federal Government’s plans to introduce a carbon tax next year, with just one in five chiefs behind the tax…
