Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has again pushed back a crucial decision for Woodside’s $30 billion North West Shelf project in a move described as an ‘absolute disgrace’.
Jessica Page
Other than the Medicare investment, there is a general consensus the federal budget falls short and leaves a lot of Australians behind.
Blair Jackson
The nation’s leading papers were almost unanimous in their criticism of the Labor government’s pre-election fiscal plan
Aaron Patrick
Labor is halfway to legislating its Budget centrepiece tax cuts and is now daring the Coalition to pledge to repeal them should Peter Dutton win the upcoming election.
Ellen Ransley
As election speculation grows, Anthony Albanese has defended Labor’s Budget, saying Coalition criticism is ‘wrong’, while defending tax cuts for the richest Australians.
Max Corstorphan
The Prime Minister has branded the opposition “delulu with no solulu” after scathing criticism of his government’s proposed income tax cuts.
Ria Pandey
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has defended his $5 tax cuts, which have been described as enough for a coffee or a ‘McDonald’s Happy Meal’.
A furious Senator Jacqui Lambie has unleashed on Liberal Senator Jane Hume following Labor handing down the Budget, with the Tasmanian saying the Coalition is becoming ‘a joke’.
LIVE UPDATES: The Treasurer has ticked the first box with a favourable vote for his tax cuts in the House of Reps and is now preparing to defend his Budget speech at the National Press Club.
Max Corstorphan and Matt Shrivell
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
