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Perhaps politicians believe that their job is to give away prizes in a nationwide Sale of the Century.

This Sale Of The Century election will leave us all out of pocket

Our politicians are like game show hosts, flinging money at the electorate. But the bills will fall due.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor and Coalition finance spokeswoman Jane Hume.

Budget to get worse before it gets better, and with higher taxes, under Dutton plan

Federal budget deficits would widen over the next two years before improving sharply in the final years of the decade under the Coalition’s federal election costings.

  • Shane Wright, Natassia Chrysanthos and Olivia Ireland
Angus Taylor and Jane Hume will release the Coalition’s election costings which are expected to show a $40 billion reduction in gross government debt.

Dutton promises $40b debt cut as nuclear questions grow

The Coalition will promise a better budget bottom line over the next four years as it releases its election costings just two days out from polling day.

  • Shane Wright and Mike Foley
Opposition leader Peter Dutton and senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price visited a Darwin shopping centre, lured by the chance of a win in the seat of Solomon.

Dutton eyes better budget but will require cuts in homes and power

Whoever wins on Saturday faces budget deficits as far as the eye can see. Peter Dutton faces tough choices to meet his promises and cut spending.

  • Shane Wright
Peter Dutton with shadow defence spokesman Andrew Hastie and Liberal industrial relations spokeswoman Michaelia Cash campaign in Perth on Wednesday.

Higher taxes needed as Coalition eyes extra $100 billion defence spend

The Coalition says its plan to lift defence spending will cost $21 billion. But its longer-term goal would make defence the second-largest budget cost.

  • Shane Wright and Matthew Knott
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The moment Albanese and Dutton both jumped the shark

The third Sunday of the federal election campaign has been one of the costliest in history, as spending restraint by both sides was left in a roadside ditch.

  • Shane Wright
Coalition campaign spokesman James Paterson said public servants could get payouts to leave.

Coalition to pay public servants to leave in redundancy scheme

The latest tweak to the opposition’s policy comes days after it said that natural attrition and a hiring freeze would reduce the public service by 41,000 jobs.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Jim Chalmers Donald Trump

Trump’s tariff war will hit budget hard as turmoil costs Australia billions

Economic fallout from Donald Trump’s tariffs will hit whoever wins government, with Australia unable to escape the global economic slowdown.

  • Shane Wright and David Crowe
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Dutton dumps controversial plans to axe bureaucrats and end working from home

Dutton will face questions about whether the Coalition can find $7 billion in savings now that the party has ruled out forced redundancies from the public service.

  • Paul Sakkal

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