New Wage Theft Laws: What You Need to Know
As of January 1, 2025, new laws have come into effect to criminalise wage theft. These laws aim to protect employees and...
While the deficit for this year is expected to be $4.2bn, the Treasurer announced return to surplus of some $7.1bn estimated for 2019-20. At least 1/3 of that forecasted surplus can be attributed to the collapse of the iron ore tailings dam in Brazil and the unexpected increase in the global price of iron ore this has caused which in turn has boosted government revenue.
This point is to highlight how fragile the budget forecast process can be.
2017-2018 | 2018-2019 (fcast) | 2019-2020 (fcast) | |
Budget (deficit) surplus - bn. | (10.10) | (4.20) | 7.1 |
As % of GDP | (0.5) | (0.2) | 0.4 |
Real GDP Growth | 2.80 | 2.25 | 2.75 |
Unemployment | 5.40 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
CPI | 2.10 | 1.50 | 2.75 |
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