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The Prime Minister has a convincing lead in the polls. He is governing from the centre-right, the sweet-spot of Australian politics. But he is not, as some have suggested, invincible. There are weaknesses in substantial areas that will become more evident as the year progresses.
Lacking firepower? Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison with a shell at an ammunition factory in Maryborough, Queensland, this month.
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For a start, his planned reform agenda has come to nought. Last April Scott Morrison announced in a press conference that he was looking at all the work done over the past decade on productivity âwith fresh eyesâ, and that: âWe need to go through this process at the moment of harvesting all of these important policy options and how they can be utilised to have an effective and sustainable and strong recovery on the other side of the coronavirus.â
Public debt set to skyrocket amid COVID-19 spending spree 28/01/2021|6min
A newly published report shows public debt is set to skyrocket to $1.75 trillion in the next five years, thanks to an $800 billion coronavirus spending spree from Commonwealth, state and territory governments, says Peta Credlin.
Analysis from the Centre for Independent Studies forecasts Commonwealth net debt hitting 61 per cent of GDP by 2024.
Senior Fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies Robert Carling authored the report and spoke to Sky News host Peta Credlin about the issues facing the nation. The most likely situation we face is that the debt will continue to increase over the next few years, Mr Carling said.
A new report released by the Centre for Independent Studies titled ‘Worlds Apart’ highlights the growing disparity between indigenous people living in urban areas compared to those living in remote communities.
The report revealed life expectancy for women in urban communities was 76.5 years while the life expectancy for those in remote communities was only 69.5 years.
Similarly, the life expectancy of men living in urban areas was 72.1 compared to 65.9 for those living in remote areas.
School attendance, unemployment and domestic violence were also raised as issues which are more prevalent in aboriginal communities and remote communities.