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Australians are paying up to 49 per cent of the total value of home and land packages on taxes, regulatory costs and infrastructure charges, which have accelerated by as much as 106 per cent since 2019.
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Chalmers ‘obsessed’ with clean energy future
Jim Chalmers has declared that the energy transformation and carving out a fourth economy are his ‘obsession’ and ‘reason for being’.
Budget big guns a-hunting they will go in hope of snaring voters
With the budget countdown clock starting, expect the PM’s cabal to be shrewd, hyperpolitical and calculated as Jim Chalmers and Katy Gallagher put the finishing touches on an economic blueprint they hope will anchor a Labor election win.
Coalition cries foul over Climate 200 ‘push polls’
Coalition frontbenchers Dan Tehan and Julian Leeser have attacked Climate 200 over ‘push polling’ they say favours its hand-picked candidates.
Flood of cash, no restraint: Treasurer to avoid cuts to spending
Tax reform is unlikely in Jim Chalmers’ fourth budget with the focus to instead be on more temporary cost-of-living relief and the guarantee of growing spending on health and education.
Budget in better shape but ‘no credit for Labor’
Jim Chalmers’ budget deficit is on track to be $11bn below Treasury forecasts on the back of a tax take estimated to be $12bn higher than projected, as economists warn the improvement has nothing to do with ‘any politician’.
Chalmers working on ‘Battle of Burbs’ March 25 budget
The Treasurer and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher are ready to hand down a pre-election budget in 18 days, as Anthony Albanese rules out an April election as a result of Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
How many storms must Albanese weather?
The PM’s hopes of calling an April 12 election are being eroded by the cyclone that was supposed to bear his name.
Musk thumbs nose at eSafety chief in face of damning report
Elon Musk’s X is refusing to co-operate with the eSafety Commissioner on countering terror and violent extremism, prompting the online watchdog to claim the social media giant is engaging in ‘a lawfare pattern’.
Labor rocked by top Home Affairs official’s exit
Anthony Albanese’s top immigration official Emma Cassar, who ran Daniel Andrews’ quarantine system, has quietly departed the Home Affairs department weeks out from the election.
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