Morning everyone. Jim Chalmers will be touring the TV studios today to defend his textbook budget bet that a giveaway for households will shore up votes. But will it affect inflation? And what does it mean for your generation in particular? We have the answers to these and many more questions in our extensive budget coverage, including good news for fans of sweet potatoes.
In other news, one MP is shocked that Liberal colleagues are holding fundraisers in the “people’s House”. Plus, there’s a huge manhunt in France after two guards were killed in a prison convoy ambush, how Queensland’s red-earth interior has turned green, and has Ange influenced the Premier League title destiny this morning?
