Anthony Albanese must guarantee he will not take away WA’s fair share of GST, after a prominent Australian think tank called for it to be scrapped to pay for Labor’s increased spending.
Today’s decision by the Reserve Bank to hit pause on rising interest rates is welcome relief for the three million Australians with a mortgage but the pain hitting household budgets is far from over.
The Albanese Government must urgently help Australian families who are struggling to make ends meet rather than telling them they will have to work longer for less pay in the future.
As Australians with a mortgage buckle under the pressure of a tenth consecutive interest rate rise, the Albanese Government’s only solution is to break promises and increase taxes.
Community organisations and local councils across Hume are invited to apply for grants between $2,500 and $20,000 for small-scale upgrades and new equipment under the latest round of the Stronger Communities Programme.
Today’s Labour force figures, showing the loss of 15,000 jobs across the country in December, provide a warning to the Albanese Government that the high number of Australians in work cannot be taken for granted.
The Albanese Government must urgently act on the ACCC’s Regulatory Reform report (Interim Report No 5) of its Digital Platform Services Inquiry, initiated by the former Coalition Government, which recommends tough new laws to combat scams and other harmful anti-competitive conduct on digital platforms.
