Nearly 900,000 Australians are now receiving either JobSeeker or Youth Allowance payments. Government data reveals that 16,000 people moved onto welfare payments in March. This amounted to 66,000 people since September. It’s the largest monthly increase since the Albanese government was elected in 2022. There are concerns jobless welfare numbers … Read More
Voting has taken place in the second stage of India’s general election. The election had lower voter turnout than expected. Voters casted their ballots as part of seven rounds of staggered polls. India’s current Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third straight term on the back of his economic … Read More
The world’s first personalised skin cancer vaccine is being tested on patients in the United Kingdom. It’s tailored to each patient to search for their cancer cells and prevent the disease from returning. Developed by Moderna and MSD the jab is now being rolled out for a final trial after … Read More
Queensland Premier Steven Miles is predicting it is ‘very likely’ the Coalition will win the next state election. The admission follows polling by YouGov which shows Labor trailing the Liberal National Party 56 to 44 per cent on a two-party preferred basis. The Premier says the polls indicate Opposition Leader … Read More
Financial Planner and Author Patricia Howard says the whole world is looking at a “fairly dismal outlook” when it comes to inflation. Ms Howard said we are seeing inflation “break out” in the United States. “People over there are now talking about the prospect of stagflation, which is an economic … Read More
Financial Planner and Author Patricia Howard says Australia has a “situation” where inflation is “rising”. “We also have substantial wage growth of about four per cent,” she told Sky News Australia. Ms Howard said “we’re also looking at a federal government budget which by every indication” is “going to be … Read More
Financial Planner and Author Patricia Howard says the rate of inflation is “stubbornly staying” above three per cent. Ms Howard said the Reserve Bank of Australia wants to get the rate “back into its preferred trading range” between two and three per cent. ‘It’s stubbornly staying above 3 per cent,” … Read More
A couple of finance experts are forecasting possible interest rate rises this year. This comes as the ABS this week published worse-than-expected inflation figures as the price of rentals and insurance increase. Financial Planner and Author Patricia Howard joined Sky News Australia to discuss the possibility of interest rate rises. … Read More
Cartoonist Mark Knight explains the “political analogy” behind the sketch of an iconic WWII photo on the Kokoda Trail and its “similarity” to Anthony Albanese and James Marape. Mr Knight’s ‘Walking Kokoda … Then and Now’ illustration shows an injured Australian Prime Minister being assisted along the path by his … Read More
Cartoonist Mark Knight has joined Sky News host Steve Price to explain his decision behind choosing which hero to sketch from the Bondi Junction stabbing. “There were several people that stood up and ran towards it (danger),” Mr Knight told Sky News Australia host Steve Price. “We had the ‘Bollard … Read More
