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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.

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The federal budget has withdrawn, reduced or deferred funds for several Queensland dams, but work on raising Paradise Dam's wall has been saved from the chopping block.

ABC News

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.

AAP

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

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'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.

AAP

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.

Newcastle Herald

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.

AAP

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.

ABC News

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.

The Conversation

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.

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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'.

AAP

Energy rebates ruled out as bills to surge

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Australia can't afford to give rebates on huge electricity bills, despite some calls for them to be implemented.

The Guardian - AU

Treasurer says Taylor’s fingerprints ‘all over’ energy policy chaos – as it happened

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Middle Arm industrial precinct, remote homelands and Aboriginal art gallery funding confirmed for NT in federal budget

Funding for a billion-dollar industrial hub on Darwin Harbour and a national Aboriginal art gallery in Alice Springs are among the big-ticket items confirmed for the Northern Territory in Tuesday's federal budget.

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Morning mail: winners, losers and political fallout from the ‘no surprises’ budget; UK PM assembles cabinet

Wednesday: Treasurer Jim Chalmers warned power prices will rise next year and flagged the need for tax reform. Plus: ‘world’s dirtiest man’ dies

The New Daily

Students cop cuts, as rorts and zombie plans axed with more than $20 billion saved

Tens of thousands of students will miss out on university fee discounts worth $36 million a year as Labor slashes some budget spending.

The New Daily

Alan Kohler: Jim Chalmers delivers a responsible budget, with no repair and no relief

The last time a new government brought down its first budget, in 2014, it was a disaster for all concerned.

AAP

Budget good, but more needed: business

Treasurer Jim Chalmers' first budget has been welcomed by business chiefs, but they say more work is needed to get the economy on a stronger footing.

AAP

Budget breaks promise to families: Libs

The federal opposition has slammed the Albanese government's first budget for not addressing the rising cost of living in the short term.

AAP

Prayer is 'absurd' in politics: Greens MP

The NSW Greens are renewing a push to scrap the reading of Christian prayers in the state's parliament, calling the tradition "absurd" and out of touch.

ABC News

Jim Chalmers just handed down his first federal budget, but did he get his facts straight?

Did the Treasurer get his facts straight in Labor's first budget speech in a decade? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

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