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So the federal election is on. Billboards are suddenly plastered with party slogans, campaign ads are all around us, and our social media feeds are flaring up with political spin.

If the pre-election budget was designed to address the cost of living, it missed something. In an effort to help those whose wages aren’t growing as quickly as prices, it offered

Both major parties make promises over Newcastle to Sydney travel times, without detail

Election cycles come and go, but every year regional and rural Australians are forced to put up with roads so bad they threaten lives and livelihoods.

With cost-of-living concerns dogging the government ahead of next week's federal budget and the upcoming election, experts are again questioning whether its tax cuts are directed at those who need them most.

Australia already has energy independence and extracts more gas than it needs to meet domestic demand. Indeed three-quarters is exported as LNG

Grattan Institute report finds ‘consistent pattern’ of transport funding going to political battleground states

Brace for the federal election – the transport promises have begun. Some are pretty big, such as Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce’s A$678 million for the Outback Highway, and Opposition leader Anthony Albanese’s $500 million down-payment on faster rail between Newcastle and Sydney. If history is any guide, a rush…

At last election, just one of 71 Coalition promises worth $100m or more based on approved business case, says Grattan Institute