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1 – 10 of 41The surpluses seen this year and last have proved an unexpected bonus for Labor and will enable a modest spending increase as the party prepares for the general election due by…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287122
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AUSTRALIA: Budget offers help -- limited by inflation
Labor’s changes reduce help for higher earners and instead prioritise workers on low and middle incomes. Parties on the political right have condemned the move, but opinion polls…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285460
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The new rules, which include steeper taxes on foreign purchases of existing domestic properties, are part of a Labor strategy intended to free up more housing stock. The…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284915
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Meanwhile, the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) both expect 6.5% GDP growth in the fiscal year ending March 2024, which would put the country among the top economic…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283429
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This figure is higher than the RBA’s forecast of 1.5%, as labour demand remains strong and business investment resumes as supply chain disruption subsides. However, persistent…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283704
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This seventh successive monthly increase takes the RBA’s benchmark cash rate to a nine-year high. With inflation now expected to exceed even the more recent RBA forecasts, further…
He urged Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to help resolve a long-running impasse over whether gas from the Greater Sunrise gas field should be refined in East Timor or…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273298
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Surveys show Australians are increasingly disenchanted with their major political parties. Despite some policy successes, the governing Liberal Party continues to trail well…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB221973
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