budget documents

The federal government has announced a new “housing accord”, which aims to address Australia’s housing affordability crisis by dramatically accelerating the construction of new homes across the country.The accord, which was one of the…

Changes to the paid parental leave system announced in Tuesday night’s federal budget mean parents will be able to share the load of caring for their newborn children more equitably.Paid parental leave currently allows the primary caregiver…

The federal budget papers lay bare the extent to which “a succession of major and interrelated shocks”, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have wrought havoc on the global economy, with grim consequences looming both overseas and back…