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Jim Chalmers hands down a budget for Anthony Albanese's battlers

A big incentive for doctors to bulk bill, a modest $40 a fortnight rise in JobSeeker and extra rent assistance are highlights of a Labor budget that juggles targeted cost-of-living relief with containing inflation.

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View from The Hill: Chalmers' budget delivers modestly to the vulnerable while keeping the inflation ogre in mind

This budget is the culmination of a tug of war between the government’s imperative to fight inflation and the siren call from Labor’s base to help people who are struggling.

The Conversation

Australian lawmakers meet US envoy to seek release of Julian Assange

A cross-party delegation of Australian lawmakers said on Tuesday they met U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, urging her to help drop the pending extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and allow him to return to Australia.

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Barry Humphries to be farewelled in Sydney instead of home city Melbourne

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews confirms Barry Humphries's family has chosen Sydney as the city for the entertainer's service, despite him being born in Melbourne.

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Morning Mail: Chalmers’ $4bn surplus, airlines face calls for compensation payouts, frog loss fears

Aviation white paper may include plan to recompense people whose flights are cancelled or delayed; treasurer to present budget; and bushfires have hit frog populations

The Guardian - AU

Details of $250m in promised funding for Alice Springs, Central Australia to be revealed in federal budget

Details of tens of millions of dollars in funding to improve safety in the embattled town, announced by the prime minister in February, will be revealed for the first time in the federal budget.

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Budget tipped to go back in black with $4 billion surplus, as debts reduced

The federal budget is predicted to dip into the black which, if it eventuates, will be the first time a surplus is recorded in 15 years.

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Now it's Labor promising the budget will be (briefly) back in black

Tuesday’s budget will forecast a surplus of about $4 billion for this financial year – the first Commonwealth budget surplus in a decade and a half.

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Jim Chalmers to announce first surplus in 15 years in 2023 federal budget

Albanese government’s first full-year budget benefits from higher commodity prices, low unemployment and wage growth

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese reassures Labor faithful on budget eve

The budget will include $14.6 billion in cost-of-living policy measures, targeted, Mr Albanese said, “for those who need it most”.

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Afternoon Update: Labor criticised for lack of ambition on gas tax; freezing weather; and how to actually save money

Government’s gas tax only ‘tinkering around the edges’, David Pocock says; Victoria police apologise for systemic racism within force

The Guardian - AU

Watch: Single parent budget boost, Hayne sentencing hearing, Coronation concert

Watch: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed the single parent payment will be extended until the youngest child of the recipient turns 14. Former

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Widowed father of five welcomes change to single parent age rules

The age cut-off for the single parent payment will jump from eight to 14.

Newcastle Herald

Single parent payment threshold extended in budget

The federal government is changing the cut-off for the single parent payment, raising it to 14 years for the youngest child, up from the current age of eight.

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Single parenting payment cut-off lifted from eight to 14

Financial support for single parents will continue until their youngest dependent child turns 14, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces.

Reuters

Australia, NZ mark King Charles' coronation with 21-gun salutes

Australia and New Zealand on Sunday celebrated the coronation of King Charles III with 21-gun salutes in their capitals, after the countries' leaders, both republicans, attended the coronation ceremony in London.

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Easy Liberal wins likely in byelections in Robert's and Morrison's seats; support for rise in JobSeeker

On Saturday former Liberal minister Stuart Robert announced that he would soon retire from politics, setting up a byelection in his Queensland seat of Fadden.

The Guardian - AU

Tasmania pushing to fast-track new AFL stadium; Chalmers slip hints at budget surplus – as it happened

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King Charles’ coronation: Millions savour sumptuous display of royal pageantry, history and change

King Charles III has been anointed and crowned in the United Kingdom's biggest ceremonial event for seven decades.

The Guardian - UK

Sam Kerr carries flag for Australia as sport marks King Charles III coronation

The Chelsea forward described being chosen as an ‘amazing honour’, while county cricket matches played the national anthem

ABC News

King Charles crowned at Westminster Abbey after police arrest pro-republic protesters

King Charles III has been crowned at London's Westminster Abbey in Britain's biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, after police earlier arrested several republican protesters.

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Albanese does lunch with William and Kate – and a few hundred others – at Buckingham Palace

An avowed Republican he might be, but Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was the perfect Palace guest when he lunched at Buckingham Palace

Reuters

Australia's Sydney Opera House won't light up for coronation to save costs

A decision not to light up the sails of the Sydney Opera House to mark the coronation of King Charles was a cost saving measure, a spokesperson for the state government of New South Wales said on Saturday.

The Guardian - AU

Julian Assange writes letter to King Charles and urges him to visit Belmarsh prison

The WikiLeaks founder writes that he has been captive in the prison for more than four years ‘on behalf of an embarrassed foreign sovereign’

The Guardian - AU

Deeming says she ‘never once’ considered suing party – as it happened

Suspended Victorian MP says she remains a ‘proud Liberal’ and past six weeks have taken a ‘terrible toll’

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