Fed up farmers have walked out of a major post-budget speech amid backlash on Labor’s contentious plans to phase out live sheep exports.
Ellen Ransley
Within hours of handing down its third budget, Labor’s bold Future Made in Australia Plan has been thrown into doubt.
An Aussie man has given a hilarious response when questioned about the cost of living pressures.
Aisling Brennan
While NSW Premier Chris Minns welcomed the energy rebate, he said the state would continue its fight to secure crucial revenue.
Jessica Wang
Labor has been accused of throwing Australians pre-election “sweeteners”, with economists warning it could have the opposite effect.
The government has come under fire for its cost-of-living measures that critics say helps billionaires more than people doing it tough.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ wife turned heads in a yellow dress designed by an Aussie fashion designer.
Madeleine Achenza
The Treasurer says he is not “spraying cash around” but guiding spending in a way to reduce inflation and keep Aussies free from another interest rate rise.
Duncan Evans
Australians on listed prescription medication will have their costs frozen for one year, as part of a suite of new health measures in the federal budget.
After a record post-Covid growth rate, Australia’s net overseas migration rate is set to stabilise and then dramatically decrease.
New detail on the much-anticipated stage 3 tax cuts has revealed their short-lived effect, with Aussies to be slammed by income tax once more within two years.
Jack Quail
In a bold plan to meet the looming skills demand, a record number of Australians will go into the workforce with one thing in common by 2050.
Billions of dollars in cost-of-living assistance will flow to millions of Aussies after Tuesday’s budget, but allowing the rich to benefit has angered some.
From a new $300 energy rebate for all households, to more help for low-income renters, cost-of-living relief was key to the budget. Here’s what’s in it for you.
Ellen Ransley and Jessica Wang
Australian shares dipped lower on Tuesday as investors continue to tread cautiously before a flood of data comes this week.
Independent supermarkets are being forced out of the market when Woolies and Coles moves to town, an inquiry has been told.
A nut milk brand has announced it will no longer be sold in Australia, and this is why.
With the tourism industry’s long slow slog out of the pandemic, airfares are tipped to drop this year for Aussies who can afford to travel.
Blair Jackson
A former Labor strategist has warned the federal government that without a bold policy vision in the budget voters could ditch the major parties.
Despite forecasting a second consecutive surplus, Tuesday’s budget will show the nation’s finances falling further into the red from next financial year.
Three locomotives and 22 iron ore wagons have been impacted in an autonomous train collision.
Australian shares were flat on Monday before important inflation data is released midweek.
With family budgets coming under further strain, consumers heavily wound back on spending on non-essential items in April.
Advertising legend Harold Mitchell has been farewelled in a state memorial by business moguls, celebrities and political leaders.