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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY 27 MARCH 2025 Numbers don’t lie: $0 for nuclear, $1.3bn for polluting gas and bucketloads of climate harm in Opposition’s budget reply Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s budget reply details the Liberal-National Party’s polluting policies on energy and climate change: $0 for nuclear begs the question: is the party now … Continued
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Thursday March 27, 2025 In response to the Leader of the Opposition’s budget reply speech and national gas plan, the Australian Conservation Foundation’s national climate policy adviser Annika Reynolds (they/them) said: “The Coalition’s continued pivot away from nuclear, which would be the most expensive form of energy in Australia should it ever be built, … Continued
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Sustainable Population Australia (SPA), says that Australia’s housing crisis is entirely due to rapidly rising demand, driven for most part, by record levels of population growth, including 1.6 million over the three years to 30 September 2024 and 8.7 million, or 45 per cent, since 2000. SPA Spokesperson Michael Bayliss says, “Since the rising … Continued
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26 March 2025 Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) has endorsed the Federal Budget’s university and TAFE investments after sustained calls for major reform of the higher education sector. CA ANZ was pleased to see an additional $2.5 billion over 11 years for a new higher education funding system which will provide more … Continued
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MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Australia New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group (ANZGOG) welcomes key initiatives in the Federal Budget that will support Australians living with gynaecological cancer. This includes investment in medical research, clinical trials, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), Medicare and support for our healthcare workers. ANZGOG acknowledges the Federal Government’s commitment of … Continued
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For Yorke Peninsula residents who rallied this month at Port Broughton’s foreshore demanding government action to address a severe childcare shortage, funding announcements in the federal budget have raised expectations. However, Barunga West Council’s Interim CEO Paul Simpson, cautioned that despite the budget’s promising childcare measures, significant hurdles remain for families in South Australia’s regional electorate … Continued
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Media Release 26 March 2025 This year’s Australian Government budget maintains the decades-long tradition of spending on treatments and hospitals, rather than investing in preventive health measures that stop people getting sick in the first place, say Australia’s public health professionals. “We implore this and future governments to enact a precautionary principle to … Continued
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UNSW has academic experts available to comment on March’s federal government budget announcements. On 25 March, the Australian government delivered the 2025-26 federal budget. The following UNSW experts are available for comment on relevant themes. Experts who are available for comment on various federal budget topics Gigi Foster, Professor of Economics, School of Economics, UNSW … Continued
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Budget brings Australia closer to virtual elimination of HIV The Australian Government’s continued investment in HIV prevention, testing and treatment confirmed in tonight’s 2025/26 Federal Budget, puts Australia a step closer to virtual elimination of transmission, according to Health Equity Matters, the peak body for the HIV response. $2.7 million in 2025–26 to extend ACON’s … Continued
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MEDIA RELEASE 26 March 2025 The Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) has expressed concern that the Federal Budget lacks adequate funding for the aged care sector. OPAN CEO Craig Gear OAM acknowledged the $291 million in this Budget to continue to deliver on the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, … Continued
