When you buy a car or a house, no-one really believes the salesman or the real estate agent when they tell you you’re getting a…
The Government intends to change the indexation of the Age Pension from September 2017. If their legislation passes through the Senate, the pension will be…
The Prime Minister continues to claim that “The RET is very significantly driving up power prices,”. He has made this claim in the past and…
In Mining the age of entitlement: State government assistance to the minerals and fossil fuel sector The Australia Institute has detailed the extent to which…
Plain packaging for cigarettes was introduced in Australia in 2012. The Australian newspaper has reported that sales of cigarettes have in fact increased. The ABC…
Following the 2014 federal budget, support provided to older Australians through the age pension will be reduced while superannuation tax concessions will continue to rise….
Who: ‘In the end, no government has ever subsidised its way to prosperity’. Prime Minister, Tony Abbott. The claim: Industry protection through mechanisms such as…
Who: ‘One thing is for sure: no country has ever taxed its way to prosperity’. Treasurer Joe Hockey, delivering the Mid-year Economic and Fiscal Outlook….
Who: “Unfortunately for the Leader of the Opposition, he is shattered that we are putting $1.2 billion into school funding that he ripped out of…
Who: “The study by the Allen Consulting group …. argues the economies of Adelaide and Melbourne would be “devastated” by the closure of auto manufacturing.”…
