Jim Chalmers’s pre-election budget has failed to deliver big economic reform at a time when the country’s prosperity is under threat, business lobbyists have warned.
Matt Mckenzie & Simone Grogan
A Perth small business owner says the lack of Federal Budget measures to support firms like hers came as no surprise because it was ‘never likely’ going to be the priority in a cost-of-living crunch.
Cheyanne Enciso
Jim Chalmers transformed what was widely expected to be a boring set of documents into a classic election Budget with the wave of his $17 billion tax cut wand.
Katina Curtis
A $5-a-week tax cut from the Albanese government has backfired, with industry panning the move and the Opposition labelling it nothing but a ‘cruel hoax’.
Jessica Wang
The Australian economy is facing a grim outlook with income from key resources forecast to be smashed over the coming years, dragging down revenue.
Cameron Micallef
With a federal election expected to be called any day now, Labor has left itself $1.5bn in yet-to-be announced policies.
It may boast icons such as the Harbour Bridge and Opera House, but the country’s most populous state appears to have lost its appeal.
Jim Chalmers has revealed plans to put pennies back in every Australian’s pocket, in a budget night speech marked as much by what was not said than was.
Nathan Schmidt
Every Australian worker will get two ‘top-up’ tax cuts in a Budget that Jim Chalmers wants to rebuild people’s living standards — and the Government’s prospects of re-election.
The Albanese government has announced a number of key measures in the budget aimed at easing cost of living pressures. Here’s how it could help you.
From a promise to slash HECS debt to a surprise tax cut for all working Aussies. Here’s how Labor’s pre-election budget pitch will affect you.
Jessica Wang and Nathan Schmidt
RECAP: Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers has unveiled a ‘cost-of-living’ Budget he never thought he’d have to deliver. But will it be enough to get the Albanese Government re-elected?
Peta Rasdien, Matt Shrivell and Max Corstorphan
The prime minister has gone after the Greens in Question Time over salmon farming in Tasmania.
Duncan Evans
Former Perth Lord Mayor and Seven West media personality Basil Zempilas has become WA’s new opposition leader.
Emma Kirk
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has drawn clear election battle lines over one scheme as he prepares to hand down his fourth budget.
Jessica Wang and Blair Jackson
Reporters travelling on the election campaign better pack their puffer jackets because they’ll probably be seeing a lot of cold rooms.
A Melbourne woman has shared a horrifying job interview on national television, describing how she was advised to lie about her age on her CV.
Holly Truelove
Labor is set to spruik its progress of lowering gross debt ahead of the federal budget, despite Australia’s bottom line set for a string of deficits over the next decade.
Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers want to use the Budget to polish their economic credentials ahead of the election and showcase the progress Labor has made throughout its whole term in power.
Labor released a social media T-shirt meme to pump its Medicare credentials, only to quickly take it down after realising the meme’s ugly history.
The exact timing of the Federal election may hang on one specific aspect of the Albanese Government’s last-minute Budget on Tuesday.
Nicola Smith
The man behind Reggie the Rabbit has broken his silence, as the PM described the longtime Rabbitohs mascot as a “lovely fellow” following allegations he pushed a child.
The Climate-200 funded independent who came within 500 votes of ousting a State Government minister has now set her sights on Federal politics and come out as anti-AUKUS.
Jessica Page and Katina Curtis
The Government will bring forward $1 billion in defence spending to boost Australia’s military capability, amid growing calls by experts and the Trump Administration for a substantial boost.
Ellen Ransley
