One state getting $1300 bill boost
Households in one state will have the majority of their energy bills paid for a year following Tuesday night’s federal budget.
Federal Budget
ASX lifts on post-budget mining bounce
Aussie stocks lifted on Wednesday on the back of a mining rally fuelled by bourse heavyweight BHP.
Your federal budget 5-minute guide
Millions of Aussies will welcome tax cuts, bill relief and frozen medicine prices. But others will feel pain with the cost of living blowing out. See what’s in the budget and how it affects you.
$9k worse off: Calculate how much tax you’ll get back
Some Australian households will be more than $9000 worse off when it comes to tax cuts | Use our interactive calculator
How Aussies really feel about $300 promise
Everyone knows it can be tough to get Sydney people to agree on something – but there is one issue currently uniting all of them.
Budget bets billions on big cars over EVs
The Federal Government is betting its bottom line on diesel and petrol cars despite its determined push motorists for green machines.
$4250 super boost and child care pay rise
Working Aussie mums are set for a significant boost to their retirement nest egg, and child care workers are up for a raise as the government targets fraud.
‘Nature short-changed’: Greenies unleash over budget
The government is being accused of having ‘paper policies’ when it comes to protecting nature.
PM refuses to rule out early election amid $300 energy rebate backlash
Anthony Albanese has refused to rule out Australian voters could be heading to the polls early, as Peter Dutton slams Jim Chalmers’ energy rebate for the wealthy.
Why PM walked out of Jim’s budget speech
The first question time since Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down his third budget is underway. Watch it live.
Why PM walked out of Jim’s budget speech
The first question time since Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down his third budget is underway. Watch it live.
We’ve got bad news about your pay rise
The government is “throwing money” at Aussies in an attempt to tackle the cost of living crisis but it could have a terrible knock on effect.
Fresh fight looms on $14bn budget promise
Within hours of handing down its third budget, Labor’s bold Future Made in Australia Plan has been thrown into doubt.
Fresh fight looms on $14bn budget promise
Within hours of handing down its third budget, Labor’s bold Future Made in Australia Plan has been thrown into doubt.
‘Brilliant’: Very Aussie response to crisis
An Aussie man has given a hilarious response when questioned about the cost of living pressures.
‘Not surprised:’ Minns’ grim budget admission
While NSW Premier Chris Minns welcomed the energy rebate, he said the state would continue its fight to secure crucial revenue.
What you’ll get from Labor’s 2024 budget
The government has announced huge news for every household in Australia as part of its focus on easing cost of living pressures.
Billionaires’ shock budget win revealed
In a grilling by Karl Stefanovic, the PM was asked about the budget’s $300 energy rebate. Now, news.com.au can reveal the truth.
Election rumours PM won’t entertain
Labor has been accused of throwing Australians pre-election “sweeteners”, with economists warning it could have the opposite effect.
‘Disastrous’: Dutton’s major budget problem
Peter Dutton has unloaded on the budget, slamming the PM for giving billions of dollars to the rich while families are “living in tents and cars”.
Albo lashed for ‘billionaire budget’
The government has come under fire for its cost-of-living measures that critics say helps billionaires more than people doing it tough.
Huge risk in Chalmers’ cash splash
Amid concerns that the Albanese government’s third budget will be inflationary, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will pour billions more into the economy.
Chalmers’ $1900 designer budget outfit
Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ wife turned heads in a yellow dress designed by an Aussie fashion designer.
‘Hell’: Budget’s biggest loser revealed
The government has poured billions of dollars into cash boosts and cost of living measures for millions, but one group has been left behind.
Aussie broke after working 90 hours a week
Jamie works gruelling 12-hour shifts at the hospital, as well as a second and third job on the weekends — but still lives on the poverty line.
‘Tax rises’: Hidden detail reveals budget truth
Jim Chalmers is splashing the cash but a “table of truth” in the budget papers could reveal the troubling reality behind the big numbers.
Chalmers hits back on $300 bill ‘gamble’
The Treasurer says he is not “spraying cash around” but guiding spending in a way to reduce inflation and keep Aussies free from another interest rate rise.
‘We don’t need $300’: Furious Lambie erupts
Jacqui Lambie has erupted over Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ decision to give every household a $300 energy rebate – questioning why wealthy Aussies need the handout.
Huge move to slash migration
After a record post-Covid growth rate, Australia’s net overseas migration rate is set to stabilise and then dramatically decrease.
‘Too lazy:’ Lambie slams PM over $300 rebate
Billions of dollars in cost-of-living assistance will flow to millions of Aussies after Tuesday’s budget, but allowing the rich to benefit has angered some.
Bold plan to change Aussie workforce
In a bold plan to meet the looming skills demand, a record number of Australians will go into the workforce with one thing in common by 2050.
Jim’s dirty tax secret hiding in plain sight
Jim Chalmers is hiding a dirty secret in the budget so X-rated it’s not even available in a personal income tax cut sealed section.
Bikies, drugs and illegal tobacco imports targeted
Bikies and underworld figures involved in organised crime are being targeted to stop cocaine and ice, while illegal tobacco imports that have sparked firebombings are also being hit.
Winners and losers in the federal budget
From a new $300 energy rebate for all households, to more help for low-income renters, cost-of-living relief was key to the budget. Here’s what’s in it for you.
Price promise on essential item
Australians on listed prescription medication will have their costs frozen for one year, as part of a suite of new health measures in the federal budget.
Try our budget calculator to see how you fare
Jim Chalmers has unveiled a big-spending budget offering cost-of-living relief. Try our budget calculator to see what it means for you.
Big change coming for Aussie travellers
Avid Aussie travellers will soon have the ability to receive a new passport or renew their existing one in just a matter of days.
Popular family cars slugged with new tax
Popular large family hybrids like the Toyota Kluger and Mazda CX-60 will soon be slugged with a new “luxury” tax.
Treasurer’s Oprah-style cash splash
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has handed down his third budget, sneaking in a warning for the years to come among a widespread cash splash.
Budget’s shock 395,000 migration surprise
A crackdown on international students has been announced as the government tries to rein in out-of-control immigration.
Treasurer’s big call on mortgage rates
While unveiling a big-spending budget aimed at helping Aussies cope with the cost-of-living crisis, Jim Chalmers made an unexpected prediction.
Proof that no-one wants to live in Sydney
Aussies are leaving NSW in droves as Sydney’s status as the country’s most expensive city drives its residents to greener pastures.
‘At odds’: Albo slammed over Gaza vote
Politicians clashed on the first sitting day over a controversial UN resolution to grant “rights and privileges” to Palestine.
Awkward detail in new tax cuts
New detail on the much-anticipated stage 3 tax cuts has revealed their short-lived effect, with Aussies to be slammed by income tax once more within two years.
‘Unlikely’: $32 billion housing gamble doomed
The government has gone all-in and upped the stakes on its $32 billion plan to solve the housing crisis — a goal experts say can’t possibly be met.
1 million Aussies set to abandon Albo
A leading pollster has warned Anthony Albanese that one million Aussies are set to turn their back on him unless “something drastic” happens.
ASX slips in ‘risk-off’ trading day
Australian shares dipped lower on Tuesday as investors continue to tread cautiously before a flood of data comes this week.
Federal budget preview: Toowoomba leaders reveal their wishlists
Toowoomba mayor Geoff McDonald and Groom MP Garth Hamilton have outlined their wishlists for tonight’s federal budget — and they have differing views on a key issue.
Huge group of Aussies abandoned by budget
The budget is set to see struggling Aussies left behind, with little immediate relief for millions buckling under one particular bill.
Chalmers to unveil big surplus surprise
Despite forecasting a second consecutive surplus, Tuesday’s budget will show the nation’s finances falling further into the red from next financial year.
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