“Meta’s threat to pull news content from Australia should send a shudder down the spine,” says Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones.
Furious Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones will force social media companies to answer to government after the spread of misinformation had turned a “horrific week into something diabolical”.
Apple,Google,Facebook and Microsoft earn billions of dollars a year in Australia,and Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones has said he expects multinationals to “pay their fair share”.
Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong’s winery wedding in the Adelaide Hills is the first of four ministerial weddings this year.
A parliamentary inquiry will examine insurance affordability as a new report shows more people are being priced out of protecting their homes and assets.
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones is worried the increase in premiums,combined with a rise in complaints,will result in people opting out of insurance.
The proposed update to laws that allow businesses to pay super quarterly will also make it tougher for employers not to pay the super guarantee at all.
The opposition leader has denounced Jim Chalmers’ proposed changes and defended the Coalition policy of allowing withdrawals for illness or house deposits.
Laws introducing fines for dodgy finance executives have been shelved after several bank bosses expressed their surprise and disappointment.
As the number of Australian BNPL accounts has grown beyond 7 million,the government has unveiled three options for tighter regulation of the industry.
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones will announce changes to close a loophole.