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Federal budget should have raised welfare payments amid cost-of-living crisis, recipients say

Advocates express deep unease about lack of action for people on income support and repeat calls to lift jobseeker rate to $73 a day

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s women are no longer seeing their calls for change dismissed as lacking ‘credibility’. Good

Women are central to economic prosperity. This federal budget offers a paradigm shift on gender inequality

The Guardian - AU

Opposition hits out at Labor’s ‘vanity’ budget

The shadow treasurer rejected the concept of the structural deficit at the heart of the budget and said the economy could be grown faster.

The New Daily

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Anthony Albanese plays the long game

The sobriety of Budget 2022 reveals much about the political evolution of Anthony Albanese, Matthew Franklin writes.

The New Daily

Migration push means housing shortage remains, despite Labor’s budget fix

Treasurer Jim Chalmers unveiled the government’s plan to accelerate the construction of new housing across the country.

The New Daily

The women's budget is headed in the right direction. But the policies still need work

The Labor federal government promised it would make women central to its first budget.

The Conversation

Indigenous voice budget funding welcomed

Financial commitments in the federal budget show the government is serious about Indigenous issues, a law academic who helped design the Uluru Statement says.

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Australian voters were betrayed on energy prices, but not by Labor’s budget

Before things get totally hysterical over the next few days, let’s talk about what betrayal really looks like

The Guardian - AU

Independents join backlash against federal budget cuts to regional and infrastructure programs

Helen Haines and Zoe Daniel call for freed up funds to be reinvested as Sophie Scamps criticises $75m cut from Wakehurst Parkway upgrade

The Guardian - AU

Liberal party opposes Labor’s truth in political advertising and spending cap laws

Dispute between major parties in parliamentary inquiry sets up battle on electoral law before 2025 election

The Guardian - AU

This was supposed to be a 'wellbeing budget' – so why does it feel like the arts have been overlooked?

The first Labor federal budget has come down, but the arts are almost nowhere to be seen.

The Conversation

Labor's 'sensible' budget leaves Australians short-changed on climate action. Here's where it went wrong

Treasurer Jim Chalmers last night delivered a budget he declared was “solid, sensible and suitable to the times”. But what does a sensible budget look like in a world that is fast running out of time on climate change?

The Conversation

Budget funds first Indigenous birth centre

Labor's election promise to build a $22.5m Indigenous-owned and run Birthing on Country Centre on the NSW South Coast was secured in the budget.

AAP

Federal budget confirms funding for Paradise Dam rebuild amid water project cuts

The federal budget has withdrawn, reduced or deferred funds for several Queensland dams, but work on raising Paradise Dam's wall has been saved from the chopping block.

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Food supply needs more focus say farmers

Farmers say Tuesday's budget doesn't do enough to increase food supply but have welcomed an injection in funds across the agriculture sector.

AAP

Carbon industry welcomes 'Bradbury budget'

The first Labor budget in 10 years has overhauled Australia's response to climate change, but it's just the beginning for market and industry participants.

The Guardian - AU

Progressives can learn from Rishi Sunak – be less reductive when engaging with migrant communities

People of colour are not an interest group – progressive causes must listen, engage and organise to win the battle for hearts and minds

AAP

'Appalling' spend on offshore processing

Many refugee advocates are outraged Labor will spend $632 million on offshore processing next financial year, $150 million more than the Morrison government.

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Business leaders welcome Hunter's budget 'success'

Newcastle Airport says it is "thrilled" to have funding for its new terminal building confirmed in Tuesday's federal budget, and the Hunter's peak business group has welcomed commitments to other large infrastructure projects.

AAP

Vic Labor ups ante on level crossings

A month out from polling day, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has committed to removing another 25 level crossing by 2030 under a re-elected Labor government.

ABC News

Anthony Albanese flags NDIS spending crackdown as federal budget forecasts cost blowout

There are growing concerns about the sustainability of a central Labor policy following new budget projections showing the extent of National Disability Insurance Scheme cost blowouts.

The Conversation

What does the budget mean for Medicare, medicines, aged care and First Nations health?

Labor’s first health budget in almost a decade has few surprises – and that is a good thing.

ABC News

Federal budget sets up Murray-Darling Basin showdown

The government has announced a plan to buy back water from irrigators for the first time in a decade, setting up a showdown between stakeholders in the Murray-Darling Basin.

ABC News

Anthony Albanese considering electricity market intervention as federal budget forecasts surging prices

The federal budget is forecasting a 56 per cent increase in electricity prices and a 44 per cent increase in gas prices in the next 18 months, prompting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to flag possible market intervention.

AAP

Mixed response to $350m housing boost

While lobby groups are heartened by the government's plan to build a million houses across the next five years, critics have described it as a 'con job'.

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