AARON PATRICK: No matter what the Treasurer claims, a $100 billion spending spree by the Albanese government is contributing to inflation and rate rises.
Anthony Albanese has announced a new plan to lift Australia’s fuel reserves to 50 days and stockpile fertiliser in the wake of the Iran war prompted energy crisis.
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has confirmed that 13 members of the ISIS brides cohort have made plans to return to Australia, as the AFP confirms some arrests are now planned.
The US moved into the next phase of the war with Iran, with the ending of Operation Epic Fury and the beginning of Project Freedom, before it was swiftly paused.
Budget pressure is mounting as Treasurer Jim Chalmers faces inflation concerns, rising interest rates and warnings from Reserve Bank Governor Michelle Bullock.
A multi-billion-dollar initiative involving cash handouts of up to $300 for every Australian worker is emerging as one of the key cost-of-living measures in next week’s Budget.
AARON PATRICK: A government that has spent four years splashing cash, driving up inflation and interest rates, is now promising to become fiscally conservative.
One of Anthony Albanese’s Labor backbenchers has hit out at WA’s share of the GST labelling it a ‘terrible’ and ‘dysfunctional’ deal which he insisted was ‘bad for my state of New South Wales’.