Budget 2025 live updates: What Albo’s cost-of-living budget means for you
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has handed down his pre-election budget full of cost-of-living relief.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has handed down his fourth budget, ahead of a federal election campaign, set to be called within days.
It includes a raft of cost-of-living measures designed to appeal to battling Australians in a pre-election pitch.
Chalmers budget unlikely to sway RBA
Cost of living relief and a modest tax cut are unlikely to slow the RBA’s progress on cutting rates, according to analysts.
Chalmers’ huge call on ciggie tax
The Treasurer’s comments follow plunging rates of revenue driven by the tobacco excise as smokers turn to the black market for cheaper cigarettes.
‘Open scope’: Huge hint about next rates cut
There is “open scope” for another interest rate cut within weeks, economists have said, following the release of the latest consumer price index figures.