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Labor has no plans to increase taxes on Australians if elected, Jim Chalmers says

Shadow treasurer moves to make Labor policy crystal clear after Coalition seizes on ambiguity in Anthony Albanese’s comments

The Guardian - AU

With a budget full of treats, can Scott Morrison woo back regional Queensland voters?

Will one-off cash payments and cuts to the fuel excise be enough to convince Queenslanders to give Scott Morrison another miracle win, or will they opt for change?

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Labor is careful not to write him off, but the pressure is all on Scott Morrison

The PM of 2019 could have won with this budget – he still can, but now he has three years of baggage to carry

The Guardian - AU

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Free substitute buses on Adelaide's Gawler train line as delays to electrification work revealed

South Australia's new Transport Minister says a commuter rail project originally promised to be finished in 2020 will now be completed in June.

ABC News

Election Diary: Libs get more mileage out of Hunter bypass

If Tuesday's budget announcement of $268 million for the Muswellbrook bypass sounded vaguely familiar, you're spot on.

Newcastle Herald

ACF rejects Angus Taylor’s claim it eased off attacking Australia’s carbon credit scheme

Conservation group says it backs former government adviser who described the system as a fraud on the environment and taxpayers

The Guardian - AU

'Historic' trade agreement with India will allow Australia to reduce economic dependence on China, says government

The Coalition hails the agreement as a significant step in its efforts to diversify export markets and reduce Australia's economic dependence on China by opening up new opportunities in a large and expanding economy.

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Australia to sign trade deal with India as Coalition clears decks for election

Morrison government to sign interim agreement which has taken on extra urgency given Australia’s rocky relationship with China

The Guardian - AU

Poll: Voters want Josh Frydenberg to replace Scott Morrison as Coalition leader

With Australia just days away from a federal election campaign, new polling suggests Scott Morrison is losing support as the preferred Coalition leader.

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Coalition axes $1.3bn armed drone program and redirects funds to cybersecurity

Senate estimates hears SkyGuardian cancelled to support Redspice program, and Port of Darwin review still a ‘live process’

The Guardian - AU

Frydenberg, Albanese budget speeches in full

The government and opposition have laid out their budget pitches for next month's election.

Newcastle Herald

Zali Steggall more likely to support Coalition in hung parliament if Scott Morrison dumped

Independent MP, who could hold balance of power, says she has ‘grave concerns’ over PM’s leadership and influence of the Nationals

The Guardian - AU

Jacqui Lambie unloads on Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Q+A over Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells and the federal budget

On Q+A, independent senator Jacqui Lambie suggests outgoing Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells has been unfairly ousted due to her sex, and backs the claims Senator Fierravanti-Wells made about the Prime Minister's alleged poor character.

ABC News

Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese treads cautious path in navigating around giveaway budget

It’s a paradox. The Morrison government, in deep trouble, has produced a budget that’s shamelessly designed to try to buy votes. But Labor, censorious in its rhetoric, has found itself having to embrace the budget’s central measures.

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Labor's budget reply goes big on aged care, similar on much else

In most years, the opposition leader’s budget reply passes virtually unnoticed.

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AusPol Recap: Labor Says It’ll ‘End The Climate Wars’ & Tackle Cost Of Living In Budget Reply

"[We're] promising renewal not revolution," said Labor leader Anthony Albanese in his Budget Reply speech.

The Guardian - AU

Budget reply speech: Anthony Albanese pledges $2.5bn extra for struggling aged care system

Federal Labor leader says if Australians want higher standards in aged care ‘we need to support higher wages for our carers’

The Guardian - AU

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Labor commits to fixing aged care 'crisis' as Anthony Albanese sets sights on election

If Labor wins the forthcoming federal election, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese is pledging billions of dollars to fix the aged care industry, which he's dubbed as being in crisis.

The Conversation

The budget hands out $21 billion for 'regional Australia', but a quarter of it is going to a single project in Queensland

This years’s budget has offered up “unprecedented” funding for regional Australia, according to the Morrison government’s budget sell.

The Guardian - AU

It may be too late to stop China-Solomon Islands treaty, former Australian intelligence chief says

Coalition urged to refrain from megaphone diplomacy as it tries to persuade Honiara to change course

ABC News

Senate inquiry calls for laws to stamp out 'systemic, sustained and shameful' wage theft

Wage theft in Australia is systemic, sustained and shameful, according to a damning Senate inquiry's report. Workers are more likely to be ripped off in industries such hospitality, retail, horticulture, cleaning and at universities.

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese labels federal budget a ‘cynical exercise’ aimed only at re-election

Labor says the 2022-23 budget is ‘not a plan for Australia’s future’ and promises to focus on health and long-term planning in budget reply

ABC News

Josh Frydenberg let the figures fly during the budget speech. Here's what you need to know to sort the fact from the spin

Budget speeches are prone to flourishes and embellishment, with treasurers attempting to present their government's record in the best light. With figures flying thick and fast, RMIT ABC Fact Check sorts fact from spin.

The Conversation

Federal budget: $160 million for nature may deliver only pork and a fudge

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s cash-splash budget has a firm eye on the upcoming federal election. In the environment portfolio, two spending measures are worth scrutinising closely.

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