Morning everyone. The treasurer will deliver his budget today with the message that although the debt burden has continued to grow and “there’s more to do”, Labor are on the right track with lower unemployment and interest rates buoying the country’s economic fortunes. We’ve got everything you need to know on this election curtain-raiser.
We’re also reporting on pleas by Liberal backbenchers that the Coalition should not cut foreign aid, as well as the protests mounting in Turkey – and there has been an extraordinary security blunder at the White House after a journalist was mistakenly added to a top-level group chat discussing war plans.
