More than a million families battling the cost of living will get some relief with the federal government’s new childcare rebate boost coming into effect. From Monday, families earning more than $80,000 and less than $530,000 with one or more children under five will receive childcare subsidies of up to 90 per cent depending on … Read more
The Reserve Bank of Australia will get its first woman leader as the federal government chooses not to extend Philip Lowe’s tenure. Lowe will be replaced by Michele Bullock, the current deputy governor of the central bank. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Michele Bullock named new RBA leader. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has repeatedly expressed his admiration … Read more
Welfare recipients are in line for a $40-a-fortnight boost with parliament passing the increase, despite calls for the rise to be higher as the nation deals with a cost of living crisis. Australians with no children on JobSeeker can expect to get about $749 a fortnight, up from just over $693, under the changes from … Read more
With Optus services slowly returning, many customers affected by the outage are asking whether they will be entitled to any kind of compensation. The telecommunications blackout affected millions of people across the country — causing major delays for commuters and impacting health services as well as affecting both personal and business customers. WATCH THE VIDEO … Read more
Thousands of Australian myGov accounts are being suspended every month because of scams. From January to October of this year, Services Australia identified, investigated and responded to more than 6000 unique scams impersonating it. These individual scams target multiple people, with almost 97 per cent featuring a reference to myGov. Watch the latest news and … Read more
A review will be launched into the Optus outage that affected millions of Australians, as the telco ombudsman urges those impacted to raise compensation with the provider. Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said connectivity was “absolutely essential” for consumers and businesses, while announcing the federal government’s investigation. “While we welcome that Optus services were restored over … Read more
Federal politicians are set to get their largest pay rise in a decade under a new decision by the Remuneration Tribunal. All federal representatives will get a four per cent increase to their wages, set to come into effect across the board from September 1. It is the largest increase the tribunal has decided on … Read more
Australia may begin releasing scores of refugees in immigration detention within days following a landmark High Court ruling. A majority of the High Court on Wednesday found indefinite detention was unlawful and overturned a 20-year-old precedent. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: High Court rules indefinite detention of asylum seekers unlawful. Watch the latest news and stream … Read more
Millions of Australians receiving government payments will have their benefits increase in the coming weeks, as the nation deals with a mounting cost-of-living crisis. The rise is part of the twice-yearly indexation of welfare payments, designed to keep payments in line with the rising cost of living. From September 20, welfare recipients are in line … Read more
Millions of Australian pensioners will receive a benefits increase from Wednesday, offering some relief amid the mounting cost-of-living crisis hitting households across the country. In the biggest boost ever, from September 20 recipients of the Age Pension, Disability Support Pension and Carer Payments are set to receive an increase of $32.70 a fortnight for singles, … Read more
