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After almost two years of Labor, Australians' quality of life has fallen dramatically due to higher taxes, high inflation, higher interest rates and low productivity.

Today’s National Accounts figures prove Labor has been missing in action on managing the economy.

Meta’s refusal to renew deals made under the News Bargaining Code is highly disappointing.

The Coalition put the code in place to address bargaining power imbalances between multinational digital platforms and Australian media companies.

Today’s Wage Price Index data provides little comfort for Australian families who have been smashed by Labor’s bad economic management.

While any increase to wages is welcome, today’s data is a drop in the ocean compared to the pain Australians are feeling.

The Albanese Government has revealed it has provisioned $40 million for an advertising campaign to sell its lie on the Stage 3 tax cuts.

Today’s quarterly Consumer Price Index (CPI) data reflects just how entrenched and persistent price rises are in Australia.

The figures confirm that since the 2022 election, the price level has increased by almost 10% - the equivalent of doubling the GST.

Labor’s cost of living crisis is making it harder to send kids to school ready to learn.

 

Australian families are scrambling to find money for uniforms, stationery, and textbooks this January with the cost of education up 4.8 per cent since Labor was elected.

 

The Albanese Government’s scrapping of the Bridges Renewal Program will have devastating consequences for the Hume electorate.

The findings of the Australian Law Reform Commission Report (‘ALRC’) Confronting Complexity: Reforming Corporations and Financial Services Legislation must be urgently addressed by the Albanese Government.

Getting Aussie kids back to school has never been more expensive – with parents copping an almost 5 per cent spike in education costs since Labor came to government.

It means higher fees and more back pocket pain for school staples like uniforms and stationery.

More than 65,000 jobs have been lost as the pain Australians are feeling from the Albanese Government’s cost of living crisis continues into the New Year.

 

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