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Matt GrudnoffThe Guardian |
Since the federal budget, auction clearance rates have fallen and house prices have gone sideways. The slow-down in the housing market is being blamed...
Want some good news? The next interest rate change will probably be a cut. Almost everything else I have to say is bad news. Interest rates have gone...
Increasingly Australians feel that they cannot get ahead. That the economy is failing to work for them. If people don’t have a stake in our society,...
I have been writing about budgets for 12 years and for almost all that time the government has been claiming that it wants to do something about...
The inflation figures released last week confirm what we already know: Inflation is up, and it’s all because of higher fuel costs. The March figures...
There are persistent rumours the federal government will make changes to the capital gains tax discount and possibly negative gearing – perhaps as...
The Reserve Bank meets this week to decide if it will lift, cut or hold interest rates. The markets are predicting a rise. Given the surging price of...
It is odd that many who talk about wanting more tax revenue to come from the GST would balk at the easiest services to broaden it to, like private...