Morning everyone. Anthony Albanese is calling today’s budget one for “every Australian”. The bottom line is that it projects the first back-to-back surplus since the global financial crisis (but deficits in coming years). In a different part of the financial world, BHP has seen its second whopping bid for mining company Anglo American rejected, and Israel has deepened its offensive in Rafah despite growing opposition at home. Plus, Donald Trump’s former lawyer has given evidence in New York.
