Opinion
The Morrison Government’s pre-election budget is about boosting jobs, services and the economy, as a surplus becomes a distant memory, writes Michelle Grattan.
Opinion
A third academic year of closed borders will cost the economy and deliver the university sector its biggest hit yet, argues Peter Hurley.
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About $35 million a month will be stripped from the South Australian economy when the JobSeeker coronavirus supplement is axed in March, according to analysis of data from federal electorates and the federal Parliamentary Library.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says it’s time to bring the curtain down on big spending programs that secured jobs and boosted welfare payments after the pandemic hit, with JobKeeper wage subsidies and boosted JobSeeker payments on track to end in two months.
The Australian economy has emerged from its first recession in nearly 30 years, growing by 3.3 per cent in the September quarter to beat predictions by economists and the Reserve Bank.
Watch your inbox after 3pm for InDaily’s special State Budget edition detailing new costs, charges and funding in a pandemic-hit South Australian economy.
