We have watched this movie before. The 2016-17 Budget is yet another budget projecting a gradual decline in government debt as a share of national output (Gross Domestic Product) over the next decade, from 18.9% of GDP today to 9.1% of GDP in 2026-27.
This is fanciful on the basis of recent budgets, which have failed spectacularly at achieving debt...
Babak Fakhamzadeh, CC BY-SAWhat does it mean to assume the mantle of another language?
Literary translations can sometimes appear to mask this question. I’ve read many books in which the work of a translator is acknowledged only in the most discreet and parenthetical terms, disclosed in a brief inscription on the title page without any...
Treasurer Scott Morrison insisted this is 'not an ordinary budget', but a 'plan'.AAP/Lukas CochWho among us, watching Joe Hockey deliver his “lifters and leaners” budget speech just one year, 11 months and 21 days ago, would have thought that this first-term Coalition government would so proudly hand down a budget so light on ideology?
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Mounting public debt has sucked infrastructure spending capacity from the nation’s public balance sheets. The federal government proposes a new way forward, called “City Deals”. But the budget papers contain no further details, which is disappointing.
Infrastructure provision in Australian cities, especially for transport, is in...
Running a small business means every team member counts and when poor health leads to absenteeism or low energy, productivity and profits take a hit. Lost workdays, rising healthcare costs, and staff ...
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Melbourne is running on change. Rooftops are filling with solar, carports are getting charge points, and older switchboards are being rebuilt so homes and shops can carry smarter, heavier loads. If yo...
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