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BUDGET 2019 News & Analysis

Super changes, the Budget and 2021 versus 2022
Retirement
Super changes, the Budget and 2021 versus 2022
The Budget handed down  this week delivered many welcome changes to superannuation. However, they are subject to legislation and at best, the start...
Graham Hand | 13 May 2021
Investing basics: what's your personal inflation rate?
Personal Finance
Investing basics: what's your personal inflation rate?
Take stock of your spending to determine if inflation is an issue for you.
Christine Benz | 09 October 2020
Budget 2019/20: Key figures and measures
Personal Finance
Budget 2019/20: Key figures and measures
For the first time in 12 years, Australia is again paying its own way, says Josh Frydenberg, which represents a turnaround of $55bn since 2013 when...
AAP | 03 April 2019
Coalition 'back in black' with election-pitch budget
Personal Finance
Coalition 'back in black' with election-pitch budget
The Coalition's budget is a blatant election pitch, trumpeting a return to surplus and rich in tax cuts, concessions for small business and...
AAP | 02 April 2019
Iron ore spike, jobs lift tipped to give budget a $3bn boost
Markets
Iron ore spike, jobs lift tipped to give budget a $3bn boost
Australian government revenue is tipped to beat official forecasts by almost $3 billion when the federal budget is handed down next month.
AAP | 18 March 2019
Budget update sets scene for fiscal showdown
Markets
Budget update sets scene for fiscal showdown
Promising the biggest tax cuts since the global financial crisis, the government's MYEFO update marks the early stages of a fiercely fought election...
Glenn Freeman | 17 December 2018
Despite an upbeat RBA consumer concerns continue to gnaw
Stocks
Despite an upbeat RBA consumer concerns continue to gnaw
A credit crunch in reaction to the royal commission could add pressure to weakening house prices at a time when the RBA is in no position to...
Peter Warnes | 04 October 2018
Australia’s GDP growth surges, but no let-up in cost-of-living pressure
Stocks
Australia’s GDP growth surges, but no let-up in cost-of-living pressure
Investors should look through the windscreen rather than the rear-vision mirror because few believe Australia's 3.4pc growth rate is sustainable.
Peter Warnes | 06 September 2018
Turnbull shunned as voters face more fiscal folly under Shorten
Stocks
Turnbull shunned as voters face more fiscal folly under Shorten
With a Labor victory increasingly certain, taxes look set to be raised and self-funded retirees rounded up to support the cause.
Peter Warnes | 02 August 2018
The Fed must ignore Trump's monetary policy meddling
Stocks
The Fed must ignore Trump's monetary policy meddling
Spare a thought for Fed chief Jerome Powell who has to deal with a president who knows everything and listens to nobody.
Peter Warnes | 26 July 2018