The Guardian • budget
“No More Tax Cuts For The Rich”
Dear Editor, Your editorial “No More Tax Cuts For The Rich” (Guardian – 17th October) is very apt, and unfortunately very well positioned, placed as...
Read moreBacklash against NDIS Independent Assessments
As part of the latest Federal Budget on Tuesday the 11th of May, the Morrison government announced it would be increasing the annual budget of the NDIS.
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Issue #2033
WEASEL WORDS
RESPONSIBLE /rɪˈspɒn.sə.bəl/ A very useful word this one. You can be responsible for something, for example all governments claim to be responsible for good economic...
Read moreCORRECTION
In last week’s Guardian, the article on the budget stated that the third stage of personal income tax cuts had not passed the Senate. This is incorrect.
Read moreBUDGET RAZOR GANG
Despite everything that the Morrison government says about not pursuing “budget repair”, that is exactly what it is doing.
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Issue #2032
A peace & peoples’ budget
Annual budgets are a mirror held up to the class divide. The income and expenditure sides of the budget come down to priorities. The budget...
Read morePro-business – Anti-worker
Women, aged care, and jobs were to be the focus of the 2021-22 federal budget – or so we were led to believe, prior to its release.
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Issue #1962
People’s budget: putting people and planet first
There is an alternative to the Coalition’s pro-business, gas- and oil-fuelled budget.
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Issue #1968
What would a people’s budget look like?
As both federal and state governments begin to shape their next budgets, the Communist Party of Australia held a Politics in the Pub to discuss what a People’s Budget would look like.
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Issue #2031
If military spending could provide peace, wouldn’t we have achieved that already?
The Labor Government plans to spend $48.7 billion on the military this financial year, in line with the policies of Morrison and Dutton. There is...
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Issue #2025
United Nations day of peace
Today, 21st September, the United Nations Day of Peace, the Communist Party of Australia calls for the Albanese Government to save billions of tax payers’...
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Issue #2030
A wellbeing budget for Australia 2022-23 and beyond
Our wellbeing as Australians into the future will be determined very much by what is given priority in the national budget. Because a Labor government...
Read moreDemand secure well-paid jobs & full employment
Workers need a substantial wage rise now to meet day-to-day necessities.
Read moreBudget alternative: For peace and genuine security
As the cost of living soars the number of working poor is on the rise and more and more families are turning to charities for...
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Issue #2002
Budget 2022-23 – CLASS WAR
The budget announced by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is a pre-election, last ditch, vote-buying exercise from the Morrison government. Voters struggling with rising prices and falling...
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