Economy
Budget 2015-16: What should we do for dementia care?
Continuing our exploration of what organisations want from the 2015/2016 budget, today The Wire looks at dementia care. The rates......
Budget 2015-16: What does the Community Council of Australia want?
The Community Council of Australia advocates on behalf of charities and non-profits throughout the country and has made some modest......
Future of the foreign aid budget bleak
With the next federal budget quickly approaching, fears over how harsh the cuts to the foreign aid budget will be......
Transparency to tackle tax avoidance
Some of the world’s largest corporations have been grilled by Australian Senators this week in the inquiry into tax avoidance.......
Budget 2015-16: Environmental organisations left to fend for themselves
The 2015-16 budget is fast approaching and this week The Wire spoke to three environmental organisations. Many of the organisations......
The winners and losers of GST increase
As the Federal Government scrabble to balance their up coming budget, discussion has turned to a possible increase of the......
What the tumbling iron price means for Australia
The price of iron ore is now at the lowest price since 2008. This after almost five consecutive weeks of......
The cost of tax reform on your online shopping
The Government’s tax discussion paper, released today, highlights the GST threshold for online shopping as an issue. At the moment......
Budget 2015-16: What does the Consumer Health Forum want?
Continuing our look at what the community wants in the upcoming budget, we turn now the budget submission of the......
Budget 2015-16: What do SARRAH want?
As the 2015-2016 budget quickly approaches The Wire is speaking to organisations about what they have asked for and what......