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2024 budget delivers minor surplus but deficits loom over economy as Australia’s spending ramps up

Major shortfalls predicted over next two years as Jim Chalmers downplays potential for inflationary pressures

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Federal budget ramps up Aukus with $2.6bn earmarked for submarine project in 2024-25

Defence says approved spending for Australia’s acquisition of subs so far totals $13.6bn

The Guardian - AU

Future Made in Australia: $23bn for ‘biggest transformation since Industrial Revolution’

Vast array of projects included in sweeping package aimed at boosting domestic manufacturing and speeding up path to net zero

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Australia boosts funding for Pacific to counter China

Amid China's growing presence in the Indo-Pacific, Australia will spend more to boost its standing in the region, the budget papers show.

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Antarctic mission and Great Barrier Reef secure funding

Australia's research in Antarctica has been boosted, with Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek saying it will better protect our natural world.

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Refugee support services get budget boost

An immigration detention centre in Western Australia will have its security but not facilities improved, and the Australian Border Force gets $100m.

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Struggling music festivals offered funding lifeline

Years of weak ticket sales and soaring costs have brought Australian music festivals to their knees, but the government's budget may provide a ray of hope.

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Steaming toward $1 trillion in gross debt in 2025/26

Australia was expected to hit $1 trillion in gross debt this year under the previous government, but Jim Chalmers says the liability will be $152 billion lower.

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Submarines sink more taxpayer money as costs climb

The bill for Australia's acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines continues to climb as millions of dollars is sunk into training the skilled workers required.

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Value-added: back to a future made in Australia's mines

Mining and refining is central to the budget's plan for Australia to hold its own in a global economy beset by fierce competition for sovereign production.

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Australian weather bureau sees 50% chance of La Nina this year

There are early signs that a La Nina weather event may form in the Pacific Ocean later this year, Australia’s weather bureau said

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Line-up announced for More than Equal’s new female driver development programme

The group includes six promising 13-14-year-olds from Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Malaysia, Slovakia and the UK, who will all now follow a technical and tactical coaching and development programme that aims to accelerate at least one of them onto the Grand Prix grid. A further four drivers under the age…

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Australian medics staffing new Red Cross hospital in Rafah as Israeli offensive intensifies

Field hospital will be able to provide medical care for about 200 people a day amid spiralling health crisis in Gaza

The Guardian - AU

Australian Whistleblower Sentenced For Exposing War Crimes

Australian judge sentences former army lawyer to prison for leaking war crime information, sparking debate over whistleblower protections.

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Australia put on La Niña watch by Bureau of Meteorology as Pacific sea surface temperatures cool

Weather bureau says there is now a 50/50 chance of La Niña forming this year

The Times of India

Preparing for Paris Olympics, Indian men's hockey team set for tough test in FIH Pro League after drubbing on Australia tour

Indian hockey team's captain, Harmanpreet Singh, emphasized that the upcoming European leg of the FIH Pro League serves as a crucial trial ground for India to refine its top strategies and team compositions ahead of the Paris Olympics as it provides the final opportunity to test the players against top…

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The jailing of David McBride is a dark day for democracy and press freedom in Australia

Does it really make our country a better place to imprison a whistleblower whose actions led to public interest reporting on war crimes in Afghanistan?

The Times of India

T20 World Cup: Harmanpreet Kaur banks on Bangladesh's similar conditions to assist India

NEW DELHI: The Indian women's team's captain, Harmanpreet Kaur, is optimistic that they will be among the likely semi-finalists in this year's T20 World Cup and that defeating the "Southern Stars" will be crucial to securing their first-ever worldwide championship.

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Aussie internet cop can't police the global web: judge

Australian laws would be "ignored or disparaged" if enforced outside its borders, a judge has said while siding with Elon Musk's X against the local watchdog.

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Australian war crimes whistleblower David McBride jailed for six years

Eight years after Australia began investigating war crimes in Afghanistan, a whistleblower is the first to be punished.

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AFP must explain deal allowing Chinese ‘secret police’ to conduct operations in Australia, Coalition says

Opposition questions extension of bilateral security treaties amid ‘gravely concerning’ reports of activities on Australian soil

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Australia Achieves Second Consecutive Budget Surplus, Inflation Decreases

Australia's consecutive budget surplus and declining inflation rates signal economic stability and resilience.

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Australian shares dip ahead of US inflation data

The ASX200 has dipped 0.3 per cent as traders wait to see if US inflation has cooled.

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Charge an electric car for $5? Energy trial goes public

Australia's biggest energy retailer will open a popular electric car-charging program to the public but only those with a Tesla can apply.

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Jim Chalmers delivers 2024 budget speech – as it happened

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