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Cost of living relief for all Australians to drive down inflation: PM

STORY: Cost of living relief for all Australians to drive down inflation: PM SHOOTING TIME: May 15, 2024 DATELINE: May 17, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Parliament of Australia 2. various of Canberra street views 3. various of utility pole STORYLINE: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended his government's decision to offer every Australian, including high earners, cost of living relief. Under the federal budget for 2024-25, which was handed down by Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Tuesday night, every Australian will receive a tax cut from July and every household an energy bill rebate worth 300 Australian dollars (198.7 U.S. dollars) regardless of their income. Asked on Wednesday why the energy discount was not targeted to help only those in need of financial help, Albanese said offering it to every household would deliver cost of living relief and put downward pressure on inflation. "We want to make sure that every Australian gets

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-TOURISM FESTIVAL (CN)

(230920) -- SHANGHAI, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A tourist takes photos at Shanghai Film Museum in east China's Shanghai, Sept. 20, 2023. The 34th Shanghai Tourism Festival opened on Sept.16 and will last until Oct. 6, aiming to boost cultural and tourism consumption. A total of 70 tourist attractions in Shanghai, including the Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai wildlife park and Fengjing ancient town, as well as a raft of museums and parks, offer 50 percent discount on admission tickets from Sept. 16 to 22. (Xinhua/Xin Mengchen)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-TOURISM FESTIVAL (CN)

(230920) -- SHANGHAI, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit Shanghai Natural History Museum in east China's Shanghai, Sept. 20, 2023. The 34th Shanghai Tourism Festival opened on Sept.16 and will last until Oct. 6, aiming to boost cultural and tourism consumption. A total of 70 tourist attractions in Shanghai, including the Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai wildlife park and Fengjing ancient town, as well as a raft of museums and parks, offer 50 percent discount on admission tickets from Sept. 16 to 22. (Xinhua/Xin Mengchen)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-TOURISM FESTIVAL (CN)

(230920) -- SHANGHAI, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A tourist visits Shanghai Film Museum in east China's Shanghai, Sept. 20, 2023. The 34th Shanghai Tourism Festival opened on Sept.16 and will last until Oct. 6, aiming to boost cultural and tourism consumption. A total of 70 tourist attractions in Shanghai, including the Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai wildlife park and Fengjing ancient town, as well as a raft of museums and parks, offer 50 percent discount on admission tickets from Sept. 16 to 22. (Xinhua/Xin Mengchen)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-TOURISM FESTIVAL (CN)

(230920) -- SHANGHAI, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A kid visits Shanghai Natural History Museum in east China's Shanghai, Sept. 20, 2023. The 34th Shanghai Tourism Festival opened on Sept.16 and will last until Oct. 6, aiming to boost cultural and tourism consumption. A total of 70 tourist attractions in Shanghai, including the Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai wildlife park and Fengjing ancient town, as well as a raft of museums and parks, offer 50 percent discount on admission tickets from Sept. 16 to 22. (Xinhua/Xin Mengchen)

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TUNISIA-TUNIS-DISCOUNT SEASON

(230820) -- TUNIS, Aug. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People shop at a store as the summer discount season starts in Tunis, Tunisia, on Aug. 19, 2023. (Photo by Adel Ezzine/Xinhua)

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Foreign tourists swarm Tokyo discount store

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign tourists, mostly from China, buy souvenirs at discount store chain Don Quijote Co.'s Ginza outlet in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2014. The number of foreign visitors to Japan topped 11 million in the first 10 months of 2014 in a record-setting pace backed chiefly by eased visa requirements for Asian nations, a weaker yen and tax exemption for a wider scope of consumer goods.

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New Year sales

TOKYO, Japan - Shoppers buy "lucky bags" filled with discount goods at the Seibu department store in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, on Jan. 1, 2013. Some 20,000 people lined up for New Year sales at the store.

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7 million advance tickets for 2005 Aichi Expo sold

NAGOYA, Japan - Toshio Nakamura, secretary general of the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture, tells reporters in Nagoya on April 7 that the number of advance tickets sold for the exhibition totaled 7.04 million as of the end of March. The tickets, available at a 20% discount, have been on sale since last September, and the number sold makes up 47% of the targeted 15 million visitors.

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MK offers discount cab rides in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Twenty-five cabs leave Kyoto-based taxi operator MK Co.'s subsidiary in Nagoya July 17 as company officials see them off. The unit began offering initial meter charges of 500 yen, about 20% cheaper than other taxi firms here, as competition in the taxi industry intensifies.

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MK starts free taxi rides in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Taxis of MK. Co. leave the company's depot in Nagoya's Naka Ward on Dec. 20 to launch the company's free taxi ride service, with MK employees seeing them off. The Kyoto-based discount taxi operator will offer the free taxi service in Nagoya and its vicinity for promotional purposes until the end of January.

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Discount shop in N.Y.

Photo taken Sept. 20, 2022, shows a Daiso Japanese discount variety shop chain outlet which opened in July in New York's Manhattan.

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Discount shop in N.Y.

Photo taken Sept. 20, 2022, shows the interior of a Daiso Japanese discount variety shop chain outlet which opened in July in New York's Manhattan.

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MK starts free taxi rides in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Taxis of MK. Co. leave the company's depot in Nagoya's Naka Ward on Dec. 20 to launch the company's free taxi ride service, with MK employees seeing them off. The Kyoto-based discount taxi operator will offer the free taxi service in Nagoya and its vicinity for promotional purposes until the end of January.

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Chinese tourist learns how to use electronic toilet seat in Tokyo

A Chinese tourist listens to a sales clerk explain how to use an electronic toilet seat, equipped with a warm-water bidet spray, at a discount store in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Foreign tourists swarm Tokyo discount store

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign tourists, mostly from China, buy souvenirs at discount store chain Don Quijote Co.'s Ginza outlet in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2014. The number of foreign visitors to Japan topped 11 million in the first 10 months of 2014 in a record-setting pace backed chiefly by eased visa requirements for Asian nations, a weaker yen and tax exemption for a wider scope of consumer goods. (Kyodo)

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7 million advance tickets for 2005 Aichi Expo sold

NAGOYA, Japan - Toshio Nakamura, secretary general of the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture, tells reporters in Nagoya on April 7 that the number of advance tickets sold for the exhibition totaled 7.04 million as of the end of March. The tickets, available at a 20% discount, have been on sale since last September, and the number sold makes up 47% of the targeted 15 million visitors. (Kyodo)