Economy
Budget cuts will impact Indigenous smoking programs
Although the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who smoke is slowly reducing, the rate of smokers is......
Federal government ends support for sufferers of rare disorder
It appears the rhetoric around the fairness of the recent federal budget continues to unravel. Earlier this week it was......
Low-income families hardest hit by Federal budget
The government is enjoying a popularity boost after its second budget, which is seen as softer and fairer, compared to......
Art-lovers dance across Australia to protest budget cuts to arts
Artists, musicians and creatives rallied across Australia today for a mass dance protest against the proposed $104.8 million cuts from......
TPP: Expanding the monopoly rights of corporations
The Trans Pacific Partnership or TTP is a trade agreement between the United States, Australia, Japan and nine other countries......
Five billion dollars to spend…but on what?
Infrastructure is one of the cornerstone budget measures designed to kick-start the economy, after all Tony Abbott is the “Infrastructure......
Education budget to widen the gap
The Federal budget is still on the spotlight, and the Education budget has been slashed again this year. While some......
Health budget cuts threaten drug and alcohol services
Tuesday’s federal budget was billed as an uninteresting affair even before it was unveiled. When the papers were finally tabled......
Budget 2015: An assault on the climate
If a budget is about government priorities then Budget 2015 was very revealing on the issue of climate change and......
Budget Cuts to the Arts
Artists and filmmakers were left poorer after last night’s budget with funding cuts to both the Australia Council and Screen......