Topics: Budget; Jobs; wage growth; quarantine facilities; Andrew Lamming; 29/04/2021 04:00PM Patricia Karvelas: Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says he wants to drive the unemployment rate down to below pre pandemic levels, the unemployment rate is currently five point six per cent. But Mr Frydenberg says new Treasury modelling suggests it would need to be…
Topics: Jobs recovery; household savings; budget surplus 29/04/2021 04:40PM Jim Wilson: Simon Birmingham is the Finance Minister and he joins me live on the line this afternoon. Minister, welcome back to Drive. Simon Birmingham: Jim, it’s great to be with you again. Jim Wilson: Good on you. The last time our unemployment rate…
29/04/2021 03:30PM Scott Emerson: Federal budget will be delivered on May the 11th. The treasurer has come out today and said no. Well, tough measures in terms of cutting no cuts this time, but he will be aiming to get the unemployment rate down below pre pandemic levels. And he’s also promising lower taxes. Simon…