Interest rates could be cut to 0.75 per cent within a fortnight as unemployment ticks up and the economy struggles to shake itself out of its rut, despite the Morrison government delivering the best budget bottom line in a decade.
Despite the 0.1 percentage point monthly rise in the jobless rate, strong overall employment growth and tax receipts throughout 2018-19 took the federal budget to aCompany tax receipts, buoyed by sky-rocketing iron ore prices, reached a record high of $94.7 billion, $3.5 billion better than forecast when the budget was released in May last year, while income tax collections hit a record $228.4 billion.
I'm waiting until they pay me to get a loan
I was told by Frydenberg yesterday economy is strong He has a plan and it's working Someone is misleading us ? You ? Him ? What's the truth?
But, the surplus!, the surplus!!, the surplus
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Shit govt asleep at the wheel.
Giants rorted by the tribunal with an ex Collingwood player on the panel the wk before in the pies change room celebrating giants should be livid cheats do prosper
An ex Collingwood player sits on the judical panel that suspended Toby green guess who the giants play next the pies green hung out to dry rorted if your from Sydney no hope your an outsider not in the inner sanctum done like a kipper was Toby green
The Australian economy stagnating is directly correlated to conservative government policies. They give more to the rich and less to the poor, and never ask why trickle down economics still don't work.
Ah !! That surplus at all costs, not the Holy Grail that Josh and Scoot thought it would be. Watch out for a 'crash'.
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