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On Friday morning, Karl Stefanovic and couldn't get a straight answer from the Labor leader about whether working Australians would pay more under his government.
The lack of major changes for financial planners are a “reasonably positive” development, according to the Financial Planning Association of Australia, while technology measures have also been welcomed by the industry.
May 14th, 2021 By David Knox Make a commentFiled under: News, Seven won Thursday night but with a Budget Reply on ABC, some viewers drifted to SBS. Just 0.1% now splits Seven and Nine for the week. MasterChef Australia 572,000 an extended Home & Away (500,000 from 7pm), Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (351,000), Budget Reply (337,000), World’s Greatest Bridges (235,000). Later Q+A (232,000). Seven News was #1 at 968,000 / 934,000 for Seven. The Chase was 534,000 / 329,000 then The Latest (297,000). A Current Affair (689,000) and Hot Seat (463,000 / 312,000). Emergency pulled just 1...
My Budget Verdict Image Source: Getty Images I have been accused, at various times, of ‘shilling for the government’ and of ‘being a Labor stooge’. Which means, on one reading, that absolutely nobody likes me at all! That’s the cost of trying to be impartial, I guess — and a reminder that social media thrives on confirmation bias and tends not to reward nuance. Of course, on another reading, I hope that most of my readers consider that a good sign. If I’m annoying the one-eyed supporters on both sides, I like to think that means I’m not slavishly swallowing...
Actually, that’s a slight understatement. I really like it. Back in the day, living in Melbourne, I might, possibly, have paid for a taxi to get home from a late finish at the office, because the tram would have got me home too late to see the beginning of the Treasurer’s speech. I know. But indulge me just for a minute. See, to me, the Budget is an annual example of what we otherwise see only every few years: Australian democracy in action. Now, our democracy isn’t perfect (don’t get me started on the need for a Federal ICAC and the lack of long term thinking in the halls of Parli...