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People with HELP debts may be able to borrow more or find it easier to get a mortgage under new government plans.

Banks told to ignore student debt when weighing up home loans

Millions of Australians collectively carrying more than $43 billion in student debts have faced problems getting a mortgage. Now they may have a chance to buy a home.

  • Shane Wright

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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton in the first question time of the year.

Dutton expected to go on the attack. Instead, Chalmers had him for lunch

The House of Representatives has hosted debates about many hefty issues over the years. This wasn’t one of them.

  • Matthew Knott
Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor and Treasurer Jim Chalmers in question time on Tuesday.

Free business lunch fight devolves into business battle

A Coalition plan to give businesses a free lunch has turned into a battle over the cost to the budget and whether small businesses are growing in number.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
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The $1.6b sandwich: Labor calculates bill for Dutton’s free-lunch pledge

The Coalition has yet to reveal the cost of its plan to allow small businesses to claim a tax deduction on work lunches. Labor says it will bust the budget.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
Peter Dutton says nuclear power will bring down prices by 44 per cent, but new analysis argues it will add more than $1000 to the power bills of people with rooftop solar.

Dutton defends nuclear costings as opponents warn of power bill hit

Liberal leader Peter Dutton says his nuclear plan will slice power bills by 44 per cent, but new research argues it will make power more expensive.

  • Shane Wright
Transport Minister Jo Haylen apologises on Sunday.

Haylen could learn from a stint on public transport

The experience would enable the Transport Minister, who used official transport for a private trip, to see where improvements are needed, writes Sue Dyer.

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The federal budget is improving from where Jim Chalmers had expected, but it is still on track to end up in the red.

Extra tax boosts bottom line, but spending leaves budget in the red

Jim Chalmers, after back-to-back surpluses, forecast a $26.9 billion deficit this year. Despite better tax collections, the budget is still awash with red ink.

  • Shane Wright
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said Australians would be under much more pressure under Peter Dutton.

Labor says you’d be $7200 worse off under Dutton. It makes several assumptions

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says households would be thousands of dollars worse off without Labor’s cost-of-living help. His opposite number says that’s nonsense.

  • Millie Muroi
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has branded Dutton’s promise to allow small businesses to deduct staff lunches a “complete farce”.

‘Everything will be worse under Dutton’: Chalmers on the economic attack

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has intensified his attack on the Coalition as the latest polling showed Opposition Leader Peter Dutton in the lead.

  • Millie Muroi
Angus Taylor and Peter Dutton.

Coalition MPs want Trump-style ‘Australia first’ economics pitch

Conservative critics say the Coalition’s economic agenda is tissue-thin. There are mounting calls to go big and bold before the Reserve Bank lowers interest rates.

  • Paul Sakkal

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