Parliamentary news
Weekly Wrap Up
Highlights Treasurer Josh Frydenberg confirmed Australia is in recession, with the first quarter of negative growth in nine years recorded in the March quarter. The…
Weekly Wrap Up
Highlights Leaders will meet today to discuss making National Cabinet permanent going forward. News Corp announced it will cease printing 112 suburban and regional mastheads,…
Focus on: JobKeeper
15 May 2020 As the Prime Minister has noted, the battle against coronavirus is being fought on both the health and economic fronts. At the…
Weekly Wrap Up
Highlights Australia’s number of confirmed coronavirus cases surpassed 7,019. Federal Parliament resumed this week, passing legislation to ensure privacy protections for users of the COVIDSafe app.…
Focus on: Health
Focus on: Health 17 April 2020 As Australia’s coronavirus curve continues to flatten, governments remain focused on strengthening the capacity of the health system. Below…
GRACosway Weekly Wrap Up
Highlights Australia’s number of confirmed coronavirus cases surpassed 6,500, while recoveries overtook active cases this week. The Government will look to trial a week of Federal Parliament in May.…
GRACosway Weekly Wrap Up
Highlights Australia’s number of confirmed coronavirus cases surpassed 6,000 as PM Scott Morrison unveiled the theoretical modelling used by the Federal Government and National Cabinet. Federal Parliament sat on…
GRACosway Weekly Wrap Up
Highlights Australia’s number of confirmed coronavirus cases has surpassed 5,200, however Health Minister Greg Hunt said slowing rates of infections could indicate the early stages…
Weekly Wrap Up
Highlights The Federal Government has established a National COVID-19 Coordination Commission to be led by former mining executive Neville Power. Further social distancing restrictions and a ban…
Federal Government announces second economic support package
22 March 2020 Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg have today announced a second economic support package totalling $66.1 billion. The PM said…