politics

In the first full budget since Labor’s landslide election victory last year, the government is putting some money back in workers’ pockets and increasing taxes on investors. So who wins and who misses out? Source link

In political push to get ahead of criticism it has broken election promises, Labor is making a case for how wealth is taxed in Australia by promising the budget will open the housing market up to younger buyers. Source link

The treasurer unveils a “reforming” federal budget with sweeping changes, including a tax cut for workers. Take a look back at the day’s coverage here. Source link

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is unveiling his fifth budget tonight, and housing for younger Australians will be a centrepiece. Source link

After being rejected twice by an electorate that didn’t want to give up lucrative tax arrangements on property, the Albanese government has sniffed the breeze and decided the time is ripe for change. Source link

Deputy Liberal leader Jane Hume is promising a new day for a Coalition that has lost its way, but whether the party can recover from the wreckage of Farrer remains to be seen. Source link

The federal, ACT and NSW governments will spend $100 million upgrading the Canberra to Sydney rail link in a bid to reduce the train trip to under four hours.  Source link

One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce says the right-wing party will be shifting its attention to Western Sydney after its historic win at the Farrer by-election on Saturday. Follow live.   Source link

Artificial intelligence will be recruited to speed up assessments of housing and energy projects waiting for environmental approval, as the government races to build more homes and ward off a key frustration turning voters away from the major parties.  Source link

Drafting Barnaby Joyce created a permission structure that has allowed conservative or swing voters to support One Nation: if the bloke who was deputy prime minister thinks the Coalition has lost its way, something in the system must be broken.   Source link