Politics
Updated: Protesters have stormed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s first economic speech since the election, urging him to close offshore detention centres for asylum seekers.
Analysis
The problem of youth unemployment needs to be addressed before young people find themselves without a job, argues Paul Edgington.
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There were three competing and conflicting narratives in the Coalition’s budget. First, there was the narrative that Malcolm Turnbull and colleagues have been playing up – that their budget built on tax cuts for middle-income earners and small (and not-so-small) business – was part of their long-term plan for economic growth.
Scott Morrison’s Budget is a pre-election document which abandons the heavy ideology of his predecessor in the Treasurer’s chair, argues Shaun Carney.
Small to medium sized companies and those earning more than $80,000 are among the winners in this year’s budget.
Scott Morrison is banking on more tax cuts for the growing army of small businesses and an income tax break for 500,000 middle-income Australians to bolster the Coalition’s election hopes and drive the economy.
