The number of working-age Australians relying on welfare payments has surged to almost 1.4 million, as the Albanese government manages an increasing share of young men and women who are considered unable to work.
Victoria’s public service wages bill continues to spiral despite the government slashing hundreds of jobs, prompting warnings from international rating agencies that employee costs are undermining the state’s finances.
I know an economic slam dunk when I see one,” Industry Minister Tim Ayres told a Hunter business audience last week, defending the Tomago aluminium smelter rescue package
The true cost of Snowy Hydro 2.0 has spiralled to $42bn and should be the subject of a Royal Commission into “one of the biggest disasters” in Australian infrastructure, economist Bruce Mountain and energy executive Ted Woodley said.
When it comes to the ancient art of wool pulling, our federal Labor government is up there with the world’s best, writes Mike O’Connor.
The spectacular fire at the Viva Energy refinery in Geelong is yet another reminder not only of our increasingly fragile fuel security but how pathetically we’ve been governed.
The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has backed a call by industry groups to slash red tape by 25 per cent, warning slow and complex approvals are undermining the nation’s competitiveness for mining investment.
This generation drove the movement that strongly advocated for carbon emissions to be slashed.
Australia faces a glut of old solar panels polluting the environment by leaching toxic chemicals into landfill with no viable reuse or recycling solutions available, the government’s own Department of Climate Change and Energy has warned.
