Biggest Labor spending since ‘wartime or crisis’: Taylor
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Biggest Labor spending since ‘wartime or crisis’: Taylor
Alan Jones to fight indecent assault charges
Chalmers challenged over energy bill promises
Chalmers says debt is improving but remains a big concern
Budget update strikes the right balance, Chalmers says
New assault charges for Alan Jones on first court date
That’s a wrap
That’s a wrap – thank you for reading the Need to Know blog today. These were some of the main stories:
Biggest Labor spending since ‘wartime or crisis’: Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor says the Albanese government has been the biggest spending “outside of wartime or crisis”.
Alan Jones to fight indecent assault charges: Alan Jones will plead not guilty to more than 30 historic sexual assault charges, as the retired broadcaster vowed to clear his name of “baseless” allegations.
Chalmers says debt is improving but remains a big concern: Jim Chalmers was asked about the prospect of Australia’s national debt topping $1 trillion within his tenure and said that threshold had been expected to be breached last year, but Labor’s management of the budget meant it had been put off until at least 2025.
Reeling Vanuatu shaken by second earthquake: An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 has struck the Vanuatu islands, the second quake to hit the tiny Pacific nation in 24 hours, the German Research Centre for Geosciences says.
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