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We heard Katy Gallagher this morning and treasurer Jim Chalmers yesterday say “it remains to be seen” when the budget will be returned to surplus.
ABC News Breakfast has lobbed the question over to shadow finance minister Jane Hume, who says the Coalition would “restore those fiscal guardrails to try get us back to a structural surplus” over the medium term.
We’re now seeing red ink as far as the eye can see. There are deficits now that are baked in to budgets for the next decade.
A Coalition government, a Dutton-led Coalition government will restore those fiscal guardrails to try to get us back to a structural surplus, or a structural bald budget over the medium term. It’s going to take an awful lot of discipline to get us back to where Australians need to be.
There are many people who can work productively from home. And in fact, it’s very likely that the increase in work from home is one of the reasons that we’ve seen such an increase in the number of women participating in the workforce.
We’re currently at record numbers of women participating in the workforce in Australia. I’d say there’s a fairly good chance that that’s partly due to the work from home increase.
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Author : Krishani Dhanji
Publish date : 2025-03-23 20:42:00
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