Industry Bodies Welcome Home Ownership Initiatives in 2021 Budget
The Australian housing and mortgage sectors are commending the federal governments new and expanded measures announced in the Federal Budget on Tuesday to help more Australians become homeowners and, in turn, drive economic recovery.
Property Council of Australia (PCA) chief executive Ken Morrison said in a statement that the PCA commended the federal government for the strong management of Australia’s “remarkable recovery” and welcomed the newly introduced measures.
“The Government has overseen a remarkable economic rebound,” Morrison said. “These new initiatives build off a year of support and stimulus measures which have enabled the property industry to lead Australia’s recovery from the global pandemic.”
10 May 2021
E&OE
Subjects: The major infrastructure investment which forms part of the Federal Government’s National Economic Recovery Plan;
MICHAEL ROWLAND
Let’s get more now on that infrastructure funding to be announced in tomorrow’s Federal Budget and bring in the Deputy Prime Minister. Michael McCormack, good morning to you. Why is this spending, in your view, so important?
MICHAEL McCORMACK
Good morning, Michael, because it supports jobs and indeed the more than the $10 billion that we’re pumping additionally into infrastructure is going to support 30,000 extra jobs, that’s on top of the 100,000 workers who are already engaged actively in the $110 billion 10-year pipeline of investment that we’re putting into infrastructure – roads, rail – right across the country. Each and every state, both the territories, I messaged or spoke to all of the Transport Ministers right throughout the country last night – the State Ministers – and they were very delighted
Australia Warns Borders May Stay Closed Until Late 2022
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Australia’s senior politicians are beginning to prep Australians for the news their borders may stay closed until 2022. This is despite the rollout of a COVID-19 vaccination in Australia and around the world. It comes as New Zealand pauses travel bubble flights from Sydney for 48 hours amid two community transmission cases of COVID-19 in Sydney.
The Australian Government is flagging border closures through to 2022. Photo: Qantas
“We recognise that if Australians want to be kept safe and secure,” Australian Finance Minister Simon Birmingham has told The Australian.
“Given uncertainties that exist not just in the speed of the vaccine rollout but also the extent of its effectiveness to different variants of COVID, the duration of its longevity and effectiveness, these are all considerations that mean we won’t be seeing borders flung open at the start of next year with great ease.”
Craig Kelly’s controversial appearance on a podcast hosted by disgraced celebrity chef Pete Evans saw the Liberal MP attack health bureaucrats who he claimed were giving “dud advice” to government, as the men bonded over what they perceived to be unfair media reporting.
Just hours after the podcast was published on Evans’ subscription-only website, Mr Kelly tangled with Labor shadow minister Tanya Plibersek in a hallway argument, before he was privately and publicly rebuked by Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
“Views expressed by the Member for Hughes do not align with my views, or the views of the advice that has been provided to me by the Chief Medical Officer,” Mr Morrison told the federal parliament on Wednesday.
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