From July 1 households and small businesses will see rebates automatically applied to their electricity bills. Follow today’s news live
Also appearing on Sky News, the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, dismissed suggestions the $150 rebates were an “election bribe” or an attempt to make up for its failure to deliver a promised $275 cut to power bills.
Chalmers said:
I would describe it as hip-pocket relief for households. I would describe it as a government responding to the pressures that people still feel despite this progress that we’ve made on inflation.”
We know that working from home has had a range of advantages. One of those is less time traveling, whether that be in a private motor vehicle or on public transport to and from home. It’s also enabled people to overcome the tyranny of distance in this great country.
It has also meant for working families, where both parents are working … working from home has enabled them to work full-time, and therefore it has increased workforce participation, particularly for women.
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