A federal government plan to pay oil refineries for operating in Australia could increase petrol prices for motorists and create competition issues, ACCC chair Rod Sims has warned.
Energy Minister Angus Taylor is putting the finishing touches on a proposal...
‘Only around 10% of Americans nationwide have been vaccinated, and many of the people at greatest risk have yet to receive a vaccine,’ says Barbara Alexander, president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
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Unemployment may need to fall to levels not seen since before the Global Financial Crisis for workers to see a sizeable increase in pay, RBA governor Philip Lowe has said.
Shutting down growing calls for a rate hike in the...
‘I’m not certain Mary could even afford the taxes, and upkeep on her mother’s house, even if she remained there.’
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A $1.2 billion extension to the scheme offering apprentice wage subsidies to employers is wide open to rorting and may not deliver long-term skills for all young workers, critics have argued.
At least 70,000 new apprentices and trainees are expected...
Prince Harry told Oprah Winfrey: ‘My father and my brother, they are trapped. They don’t get to leave.’
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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the federal government is just days away from announcing a targeted support package to help struggling tourism operators stay afloat when JobKeeper ends on March 28.
Mr Frydenberg told reporters in Cairns that the government had...
‘If he contributed to any part of the mortgage payments, could he claim he contributed to the (increased) value of the property, asking for money if/when it is sold?’
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National Australia Bank has downplayed fears of an inflation outbreak as billions of dollars in government stimulus swirl around the economy – contradicting reports that the Reserve Bank could hike interest rates as early as next year.
Days before the...
‘He feels that if he had paid this money back before Dad passed, he would still get half back, and therefore owes $5,000.’
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