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Greens stick with two-year rent freeze but give ground on earlier housing demands

A two-year rent freeze is key to Greens' support for the government's housing plan as the minor party scales back previous demands.

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Qld Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk steps up state investment in wind and solar

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has unveiled plans to greatly increase publicly owned wind and solar farms

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More money than expected for AFL team in Tasmanian budget but public sector cuts on the way

There's hundreds of millions of dollars in the state budget to kickstart Tasmania's entry into the AFL — but there's also a debt blow-out on the horizon, explains Adam Langenberg.

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Who are the winners and losers from the Tasmanian budget?

The Tasmanian government promised a budget that focused on health, education and cost of living. See how these sectors fared — and who are the winners and losers of this year's budget.

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Billions in extra aged care funding welcomed, but is it enough to save sector from financial instability?

Australia's aged care sector has long struggled with employee retention. But unstable revenue, COVID, inflation and reforms are other crises that are bleeding the industry dry.

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Victoria bites $117 billion bullet, begins the long march of land tax reform

The Andrews government’s ninth budget is its toughest. The bill from Victoria’s COVID experience, as well as the state government’s ambitious infrastructure spending, has finally come due.

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Will Jim Chalmers' budget drive up inflation? Not likely – and here's why

The proposition that cutting prices will stoke inflation is a hard one to get your head around, even if you are an economist.

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Victorian state budget 2023: Winners and losers

See how the Victorian government prioritised spending in its post-election budget.

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The great Victorian budget mystery: who will repay its massive ‘Covid debt’?

For once the Andrews government has largely avoided major announcements ahead of Tuesday’s state budget

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The perfect versus the good

Peter Mares on the standoff with Labor

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Treasurer spruiks jobs market but cost of living bites

The treasurer says the Albanese government has overseen the strong jobs growth during its first year but the opposition says it has failed to tame inflation.

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Taxpayers stuck in the middle are paying for all of it

I get it, JobSeeker at $350 per week is not much to live on. But as low as welfare payments are, welfare still takes the lion-share of the budget in this country.

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Victorian government jobs will be slashed in state budget to rein in Covid debt, analysts predict

Labor MPs say Tuesday’s budget will be tough amid rising debt but election pledges will be honoured

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Economists award Chalmers top marks for budget, but less for fighting inflation

Asked to grade Jim Chalmers’ second budget on his own criteria of delivering “relief, repair and restraint”, most of the 57 leading economists surveyed by the Economic Society of Australia and The Conversation give it top marks.

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‘Credible case’ for budget pushing up inflation: Taylor

Angus Taylor says the federal budget will clearly add to inflation, as he delivers his first major assessment of Labor's second economic blueprint.

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Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor gives post-budget address at National Press Club — as it happened

Angus Taylor addresses the National Press Club for his post-budget address, one week after Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down his second budget.

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Labor’s compromise budget met with shrugs but it might bury political myths

Jim Chalmers delivered the first surplus in 15 years while providing $14bn in cost-of-living relief. Turns out Australian voters are a tough crowd.

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4 ways to bring down rent and build homes faster than Labor's $10 billion housing fund

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is the first in decades to declare war on what he calls the “pain of rising rents”.

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JobSeeker threshold change would cost less: Dutton

The opposition leader says a plan to allow those on JobSeeker to work longer without losing payments would cost less.

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Housing opponents should ‘get out of the way’: Minister

Minister Julie Collins has urged the Senate's detractors of the government's $10 billion housing fund to get out of the way, amid a crisis in the sector.

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From jobseeker to vaping: which of Labor’s budget measures are likely to pass parliament?

While some government changes don’t require legislation, others will involve a fight – and battle lines are being drawn

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers: We’ll deal with the states directly if Greens block housing initiative

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he's willing to work with states and territories to boost funding for housing.

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Deeming vows to stay in Liberal party – as it happened

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‘Slightly less terrible’: Why the budget won’t worsen inflation

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has accused the Albanese government of delivering an inflationary budget, but not all experts think so.

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Peter Dutton accuses Albanese government of fuelling inflation in budget reply speech

Peter Dutton uses his budget reply speech to lay the blame for any future increase to interest rates at the feet of the Albanese government.

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