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...
In the modern world, where manufacturing has become highly interconnected, the weakest components of the supply chain can only make the chain as strong as it is. One defective component might cause ...
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Australia’s vast geography and diverse consumer markets make logistics a critical part of business success. As companies scale and customer expectations rise, many turn to 3pl logistics australia to...
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Building a Shopify store that performs reliably over time requires more than surface-level setup. Working with an experienced Shopify web developer ensures that the platform is configured with inten...
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