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The Australian Government activated Personal Hardship Assistance for parts of Townsville and select Gordonvale addresses. The assistance package included emergency payments of $180 per person and up to $900 for families of five or more, as well as possible grants for structural repairs and impacted household goods.
An Australian federal budget is a document that sets out the estimated revenues and expenditures of the Australian Treasury in the following financial year, proposed conduct of Australian government operations in that period, and its fiscal policy for the forward years. [1]
Employers make compulsory payments to these funds at a proportion of their employee's wages. From Jan 2025, the mandatory minimum "guarantee" contribution is 12%. [1] The superannuation guarantee was introduced by the Hawke government to promote self-funded retirement savings, reducing reliance on a publicly funded pension system. [2]
The commission was established in July 1933 by the Lyons government during the Great Depression to provide impartial advice on the distribution of federal government grants to the states. [2] The commission operates under the Commonwealth Grants Commission Act 1973 , and is responsible for measuring the relative fiscal capacity of each state ...
January 2025 payment dates for benefits and pensions as DWP to launch disability consultation ... 100,000 more children and 300,000 adults are set to be in poverty by October 2029 if further ...
The 2024 Australian federal budget was delivered on budget night at 7:30pm on Tuesday, 14 May 2024 by Treasurer Jim Chalmers. [2] The budget will dictate how the Australian Government will allocate an estimated A$715 billion across the federal government, and to state and territory governments. [ 1 ]
Former Australian rules footballer Neale Daniher is named 2025 Australian of the Year. [45] 26 January – The 2025 Australia Day Honours list is announced. [46] Allen Cheuk-Seng Cheng, Megan Davis, James Edelman, Gillian Triggs, Lyn Williams and Galarrwuy Yunupingu are all bestowed with the highest honour of the Companion of the Order of ...
The 2023–24 Australian federal budget is the federal budget to fund government services and operations. The budget was presented to the House of Representatives by Treasurer Jim Chalmers on 9 May 2023. It was the second budget handed down by the Australian Labor Party since their election to government in 2022.