On the 6th of September in Jakarta, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese released Australia’s Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040 (the Strategy), available here. By 2040, Southeast Asia is expected to be an “economic powerhouse fuelled by favourable demographics, industrialisation, urbanisation and technological advances”. The region is forecast to sustain a compound average growth rate of… Continue reading Invested: Australia’s Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040
Category: Federal & ACT
An invitation: The Uluru Statement from the Heart. The 2023 Voice Referendum
Speaking on the lands of the Kaurna people, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today announced that the 2023 Referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament (the Referendum) will be held on the 14th of October 2023. The Referendum will ask Australians if the ‘Voice’, a body providing advice to the government on issues impacting Indigenous people,… Continue reading An invitation: The Uluru Statement from the Heart. The 2023 Voice Referendum
Albanese Government’s $3.5b Housing Plan
On Wednesday 16 August at the national cabinet meeting in Brisbane, the Albanese Labor Government unveiled their fast-tracked $3.5b housing plan. Working with the states and local councils to increase housing supply, the plan a funding boost to construct 1.2 million homes over the next five years. This comes just months after Labor’s announcement in… Continue reading Albanese Government’s $3.5b Housing Plan
Intergenerational Report
On the 24th of August, during his National Press Club Address, Treasurer Jim Chalmers released the 2023 Intergenerational Report (IGR). The report can be accessed in full here. The IGR functions as a mechanism to evaluate the efficacy of present governmental policies in shaping the upcoming four decades, providing a pivotal glimpse into the future… Continue reading Intergenerational Report
2023-24 Federal Budget
10 May 2023 Introduction On 9 May 2023, Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered the 2023-24 Federal Budget. This Budget is the second of the Albanese Government in seven months and their first full financial year budget. In the face of heightened global uncertainty, persistent inflation and higher interest rates, the Budget aims to strike the right… Continue reading 2023-24 Federal Budget