POLITICS & POLICY

Budget 2014: What it Means to an Ordinary Aussie

Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey delivered the first budget under the government of Prime Minister Tony Abbot on Tuesday night. The treasurer stated that the budget aimed to put a national effort to for the Australians to fix the budget together. So what does the budget means to an ordinary Australian citizen?
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Australian Tax Office to Cut 3,000 Jobs

As part of the Abbott government's cost-cutting measures to be announced this week in the budget, the Australian Tax Office (ATO) will axe 3,000 jobs, reports said.

Tony Abbott Averts Indonesia Word War with Phone Call; Coalition Support Lowest in 4 Years

Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott may have prevented a war of words with Indonesia by calling Indonesia's president, Susilo Bambang Yudyuhono. Mr Abbott expressed his "regret" for not accepting the president's invitation to visit Indonesia this week. Amid the asylum seeker boat issue and the budget deficits, public support for Mr Abbott's Coalition has dropped to its lowest in four years. The Abbott government is preparing to raise the pension age in Australia and reduce w...
A labourer spreads wheat for drying at a wholesale grain market in Chandigarh

2014 El Niño Is In by July – Australia

From mere speculation, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed the high probability of an emerging El Niño at 70 per cent and that it will begin to be felt as early as July.

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