Budget adds fuel to heated rail loop debate
The clash over the most expensive rail project ever planned in Victoria is set to dominate a frantic final month of state election campaigning.
Federal Budget
New budget cuts ‘just the beginning’
Jim Chalmers has hinted there are more “hard decisions” to come, with this year’s budget only the beginning of cuts to government spending.
One group to miss out in budget
One group of Australians has missed out in Labor’s first budget in nearly 10 years, with no short-term relief in sight.
Sneaky way Albo making $30 million
The amount you’re paying for fines could be set to increase as the government looks at clawing back millions.
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Bank levy ‘a tax on every Australian’
THE CEO of one of Australia’s big four banks has warned that the new levy announced in last night’s Budget will be passed on to customers.
Energy reset to keep lights on — but Kouts says SA ignored
CASH will be splashed on a big energy projects that the Coalition hopes will keep the lights on in SA — but the State Government says we’ve been “completely ignored” in infrastructure spending.
‘This is huge’: Relief for highway headache
ONE of Queensland’s biggest nightmares is set to come to an end for motorists who have endured years of frustrating queues and gridlock on the Bruce Highway.
Your Budget questions answered
UPDATES: IF the Budget has left you with more questions than answers, you’re in the right place. Ask Kochie and a panel of experts. LIVE NOW.
What Sco-Mo’s speech really means…
Anti-globalisation one minute, upbeat on the global economic outlook the next. TIM BLAIR looks behind the words of Scott Morrison’s speech.
Tax breaks score a home run for buyers
TAX breaks and a tightening of negative gearing is at the centre of the Turnbull government’s plan to stop Sydney’s runaway house prices.
Hero guard saves Budget protester
THE man who came the aid of a woman who tried to set herself alight outside Parliament House has told of how his quick actions rescued her.
Budget snub a ‘slap in the face’
UPDATE: The Queensland Premier has blasted the Federal Budget for overlooking a key project for the state, saying it is a “slap in the face for Queensland”.
Tradies welcome 300,000 new apprenticeships
TRADIES say housing prices are crazy and welfare cheats are ‘being handfed money’. But they are singing ScoMo’s praises for creating 300,000 new apprenticeships to fill gaping holes in the workforce.
Industry leaders’ thumbs up to Budget
LEADERS of industry have had their say on the 2017 federal Budget and it’s largely a thumbs up for Treasurer Scott Morrison and the government.
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