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Federal budget 2022: Josh Frydenberg promises cash splash for households with billions on offer

Extra tax cut for 10 million low and middle income workers worth up to $420 – while fuel excise will be slashed for next six months

The Guardian - AU

Cheaper fuel and one-off cost-of-living payments in federal government's pre-election budget

A halving of the tax paid on fuel and a one-off cost-of-living payment headline a big spending pre-election budget the Coalition hopes will secure it a fourth term in power.

ABC News

Federal budget: $100m to kickstart Newcastle hydrogen hub

The Coalition will help seed a 'transformational' energy project which will help the Hunter economy transition away from coal.

Newcastle Herald

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Treasurer delivers budget speech – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Budget expands deposit scheme for first home buyers: a second-best option, with risks down the road

With housing affordability set to be a key election issue, the 2022 federal budget expands the scheme the Coalition put forward at the 2019 election to help first home buyers.

The Conversation

Endometriosis can end women's careers and stall their education. That's everyone's business

The Coalition has announced a A$58 million funding package to improve endometriosis diagnosis, care and treatment.

The Conversation

Morning mail: Ukraine ceasefire talks, Coalition spending spree scrutinised, Kylie Moore-Gilbert interview

Tuesday: Analysis reveals Morrison government funnelling billions into must-win marginal seats. Plus: Kylie Moore-Gilbert talks about her 804 days as a victim of Iran’s hostage diplomacy

The Guardian - AU

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Michael Pascoe: Morrison’s gone, cynical Frydenberg trying to save the furniture

Scott Morrison is gone. Anthony Albanese will win the election. Josh Frydenberg is fighting to save some of the furniture. There, it’s been said.

The New Daily

Russia’s murderous regime is propped up by oil and gas – Australia and the world must switch

The atrocities against Ukraine have to be stopped. Dismantling and replacing the fossil fuel system that funds the war is a good place to start

The Guardian - AU

Budget 2022: analysis reveals Morrison government funnelling billions into must-win marginal seats

Just one-third of Coalition’s $16bn spending spree has been endorsed by Infrastructure Australia

The Guardian - AU

The budget so far: Political vision or short-sighted?

With the election likely to be called no more than weeks away from tomorrow, politics has weighed as heavily on the production of this budget as any before.

The New Daily

Will the first home buyer deposit scheme drive up house prices? What if you cannot find an affordable home?

Both the government and Labor agree that expanding the first home loan deposit scheme is one way to help people buy their own home, but some experts are worried it might address a symptom, not the cause, of soaring house prices.

ABC News

Australia’s lost influence in Pacific on display in Solomon Islands-China deal, Anthony Albanese says

Labor leader says poor emissions reductions targets and cuts to foreign aid have broken trust with Pacific countries

The Guardian - AU

What if the 2022 federal election gives us a hung parliament, but those with the balance of power want Morrison gone?

Most commentators on the coming federal election probably see a hung parliament and a minority government as one possible outcome. There is already a crossbench of seven, with five independents plus Liberal defector Craig Kelly for the United Australia Party and Greens leader Adam Bandt.

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The Guardian - AU

Australian budget 2022: Coalition unveils $17.9bn pre-election cash splash on road and rail projects

Largest new spending is $3.1bn for Melbourne Intermodal Terminal with package also allocating $140m for a regional road safety program

The New Daily

Labor ‘unlikely’ to oppose fuel excise cut, Federal Budget splashes $18b on roads and rail

Labor is hinting it will support key Coalition budget measures designed to ease the cost of living, including a temporary cut to the fuel excise.

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison spruiks cost of living package as expectations of fuel excise cut grow

Coalition extends apprenticeship wage subsidy ahead of Tuesday night’s budget, which is expected to offer financial assistance to households

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s Katy Gallagher says ‘mean girls’ label ‘diminishes women’; 11 virus deaths – as it happened

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Veterans’ affairs minister threatened to quit over budget; Australia reports 30 Covid deaths – as it happened

Andrew Gee calls backlog of veteran’s compensation payments ‘a national disgrace’; WA teenager among 30 Covid deaths across the country. This blog is now closed

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Summit Shows Progress, and Work Yet to Be Done, Around Diverse Hiring in Football

The National Coalition of Minority Football Coaches met this past week in New York to continue to brainstorm ways to tackle the issue of systemic racism in all levels of football.

The Guardian - AU

From Invasion Day to the Hottest 100: what does the Coalition really want from the ABC?

Imagine the ABC if its funding had not been cut, if its governance had not been so politicised, if it had not been sucked into the culture wars. What would that look like?

The Guardian - AU

With numbers falling, the NSW government needs all the support it can get

Analysis: Dominic Perrottet looks to the crossbench to help his minority government

The Guardian - AU

A week of own-goals leaves Victoria’s opposition bruised

Coalition’s week began with swagger and ended in a whimper after series of stumbles

The Guardian - AU

‘Pie in the sky’: Coalition’s $6bn dams pitch puts politics before process

Scott Morrison and Barnaby Joyce are touting themselves as nation-builders to Queensland marginal seats that swung its way last election

The Guardian - AU

Liberal Andrew Bragg accused of showing ‘disdain’ for free speech with legal threat to They Vote For You site

Criticism from Institute of Public Affairs comes after senator complains site calculating MPs’ voting patterns is ‘misleading’

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