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Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ mid-year budget update on Wednesday predicts Australia falling into deficit for years to come.

Everything you need to know about MYEFO in five charts

Here’s a guide to help you see through the sea of red unveiled by the treasurer.

  • Millie Muroi

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives for a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Friday.

Albanese’s small-target strategy has given rise to a dysfunctional parliament

A race to secure parliamentary assent for a range of measures before the holiday season is hardly new. But there were troubling aspects of this week’s events in Parliament House.

  • The Age's View

Australians illegally charged billions of dollars in merchant fees by federal government

Millions of small fees amounting to billions of dollars have been charged for two decades, dating back to the Howard government era.

  • Chris O'Keefe
Senator Linda Reynolds in Parliament House.

After Lehrmann saga, Reynolds doubts watchdog will stop ‘weaponisation’

Independent MPs slammed parliament’s new standards agency, saying it was a toothless major party “stitch-up”, while Linda Reynolds called its creators “hypocritical”.

  • Olivia Ireland
Gambling ads before, during and after sport are a target for the ban.

TV companies launch last-minute bid to block total gambling ad ban

Three senior Albanese ministers have argued a blanket ban on sports bet promotions would cripple revenue for free-to-air TV in difficult times.

  • David Crowe, Paul Sakkal and Chris Barrett
David Sharaz, Brittany Higgins and Linda Reynolds.

Higgins ‘steadfast in truth’ after Reynolds alleges plan to damage her career

The former defence industry minister is suing Brittany Higgins for defamation over July 2023 social media posts.

  • Angus Thompson
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Jim Chalmers ahead of releasing the 2023-24 budget. It will end up showing a surplus of about $10 billion before the nation’s finances sink back into the red.

Third-largest budget surplus soon to turn into a sea of red ink

Lower spending has helped the budget show the third-largest surplus on record. But it is likely the nation’s finances will shift from the black into the red.

  • Shane Wright

Who really runs the country? The secret roles of Albanese’s ministers

Anthony Albanese’s ministers have portfolios – they also have other roles: confidantes, influencers, attack dogs. And some are more equal than others.

  • James Massola
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher is leading a bipartisan taskforce that will draft legislation for the IPSC.

MPs, staffers could face hefty fines, jail for not reporting assaults, harassment

Individuals could be jailed for up to 15 years or fined up to $3 million if they don’t act on a parliamentary employee’s complaint.

  • Olivia Ireland
Metros only: How have Jim Chalmers and Labor addressed the five key budget pressures?

The five key pressures on the budget – and how they’ve blown out over time

Jim Chalmers and Katy Gallagher promised to rein in the five fiscal horsemen of the budget apocalypse. But have they?

  • Shane Wright

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