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Thu, 27/03/2025 - 16:14
It’s been a week of grand fiscal statements. Tuesday, it was for Australia as I discussed yesterday – Australian fiscal statement – rising unemployment amidst a moderate fiscal contraction (March 26, 2025). Then yesterday in the UK, the Labour Chancellor delivered the British Government’s – Spring Statement 2025. Both statements come at a time when…
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Thu, 27/03/2025 - 12:35

Last week, the government published proposals to change disability benefits across Britain — and chancellor Rachel Reeves set them in stone yesterday in her spring statement. Regardless of the rhetoric being used to describe the changes as a moral crusade, it represents the biggest attack on welfare in a generation, with the scale of the […]

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Thu, 27/03/2025 - 10:30

“The moment I saw him charging the steps on January 6, I knew I wanted to rip off his Viking helmet and find out how quickly he could send my body into a constitutional crisis.”

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“He had a sharp, strong jawline from years of clenching it every time someone mentioned universal health care.”

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“I could tell he was the kind of hunk who wanted to undo my bra—and my rights.”

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“A spicy DM from his anti-woke meme account landed in my X inbox. I smirked as Grok replied, ‘Hot. Elon enjoyed reading that.’”

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“For our first date, he told me I could pick the spot—anywhere my heart desired, as long as it was a business that had dismantled its DEI policies.”

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“His masculine energy radiated, and my body tensed with delight—the exhilaration trickled all the way down, like tax cuts for the wealthy that would benefit me, a mid-tier MLM distributor.”

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Thu, 27/03/2025 - 04:58
Treasurer Jim Chalmers pulled one unexpected rabbit out of his hat in Tuesday’s 2025-26 federal budget. This was a 1 percentage point cut in the bottom marginal tax rate, from 16% to 15% from 1 July next year, and a further 1 percentage point cut to 14% from 1 July 2027, resulting in a tax Continue reading »