What’s in the budget for the environment? Lots for green industry, little for conservation
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Which departments are the biggest winners and losers in this year’s budget? We’ve broken the budget documents down to show you where the money’s going - and where it isn’t.
The treasurer has juggled the economics and the politics by going big on spending while keeping a firm eye on inflation.
If the Reserve Bank is genuinely prepared to cut interest rates as inflation moves back towards its target, we can expect a rate cut within the year.
A $300 energy rebate and an increase in rent assistance headline Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ third budget.
This budget contains not only foreshadowed tax cuts, but a range of new spending measures in health, education, infrastructure and aged care.
Allowing our spent lithium batteries to be exported free of charge could mean forfeiting a potential $3 billion onshore reprocessing industry.
Tuesday’s budget will show there has been an improvement of $10.5 billion in the bottom line. The update forecasted a deficit of $1.1 billion for 2023-24.
Making the wrong decision about how to access care can impact both your health and finances. So what are your options? And what policy reforms are needed to improve affordable access to health care?
Teaching, nursing, midwifery and social work students may be eligible to receive $319.50 per week while on placements. But experts say more help is needed.
The federal government has announced plans to change the way debts are indexed. But it may not help students over the long term.
This is a structural problem, not something one budget can fix.
Domestic violence is not just a critical social and health issue, but a major economic challenge for victim survivors and the nation.
Here’s how we design a fairer pathology system, fit for the 21st century, with no out-of-pocket costs or the public.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Health Economics, Monash University
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
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Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Management, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor and Head, Centre for Green and Smart Energy Systems, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Health Economics and Director, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Monash University
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Senior lecturer in Economics / Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Work and Organisation, Queensland University of Technology
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