RBA sends end of year warning on stagnant wages growth
Today the Reserve Bank has shone a spotlight on stagnant wages growth. Some say this is one of the Morrison Government’s biggest economic failures. The warning comes as [...]
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MYEFO: Ordinary Australians paying the price for liberal failure
Today’s Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook has destroyed the economic credibility of the Morrison Government. Australians are paying a high price for the [...]
Morrison Government Becomes 2nd Highest Taxing Government on Record, & Government Net Debt Has Risen By 145% Since 2013
Treasure Frydenberg’s MYEFO documents confirm the Morrison government has now become the 2nd highest taxing government on record, the Only government with a higher tax [...]
1 in 3 companies pay no tax while actively driving down wages & making jobs more insecure
Roughly one in three companies, including household names like Shell, IBM and Goldman Sachs pay no tax in Australia, despite hundreds of millions, sometimes billions of [...]
ACTU: ‘Mathematically impossible’ for tax cuts to replace real wage growth
The ACTU, the peak body for trade unions in Australia has said that regular, real wage rises would provide a financial boost for struggling workers ‘dozens of times’ [...]
Greens: Federal Budget a cynical mess and election bribes
Key points: Australia needs a plan to tackle the climate emergency through a real investment in renewables Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg have delivered a few election [...]
National Unemployment Rate Holding At 5.1 – Coalition States Rate Increasing
Figures from the Australian Bureau of statistics shows that the unemployment rate nationally has remained steady at 5.1%. ABS Chief Economist Bruce Hockman said: “The [...]
ACTU: Latest Retail Figures Prove Australia Needs A Pay Rise
ACTU Secretary Sally McManus has said today that the latest retail figures prove Australia needs a pay payrise. “Working people are not get getting the fair pay rises [...]
FactCheck: have the Trump tax cuts led to lower unemployment and higher wages? No it hasn’t
Fabrizio Carmignani, Griffith University The evidence on the ground is very clear. The Trump tax cuts have led to stronger investment, stronger growth, lower unemployment [...]
White House Caught Lying About African American Jobs Claim
The Trump White House was caught lying this week about African American jobs rate claim. In a rare instance White House press secretary Sarah Sanders issued a rare correction [...]
