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‘Very vague’: infrastructure experts question pre-election rail promises for NSW

Both major parties make promises over Newcastle to Sydney travel times, without detail

The Guardian - AU

Cash Bonuses & Cheaper Petrol: 7 Big Takeaways From The Federal Budget

All this money getting thrown around and Scotty still won't slip me a cool $1 million.

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Federal budget to fund 16,500 more places for Afghan refugees over four years after pressure on Coalition

Places for Afghan nationals had previously been allocated within the overall humanitarian program, which is capped at 13,750 a year

The Guardian - AU

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Federal budget 2022: six graphs that reveal the sugar-hit election strategy

The Coalition has served up spoonfuls of sugar aimed at re-election rather than bother with anything as tawdry as economic growth

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s budget is banking on wages outpacing inflation and interest rates, but not by too much

Analysis: The Coalition is relying on an assumption that handouts including fuel excise relief won’t fan inflation

The Guardian - AU

Petrol and tax cuts: budget showers voters with $8.6bn in one-off payments and sweeteners

Welfare recipients and seniors will receive a one-time $250 payment, the low and middle income offset will be boosted by $420, while the fuel excise will be halved for six months

The Guardian - AU

Redspice: budget ushers in Australia’s ‘biggest ever’ cybersecurity spend

Pledge of $10bn will see electronic spy agency double and ramp up ability to launch offensive cyber operations

The Guardian - AU

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Budget papers show Morrison government to reduce annual climate spending over next four years

Yearly expenditure on climate change programs expected to be 35% lower in 2025-26 than now

The Guardian - AU

At this gravest of times the Coalition has served up an election budget designed simply to keep itself in power

If we move from Josh Frydenberg’s rhetoric to content, we discover this isn’t a serious plan for the future. This is a plan for the next few months

The Guardian - AU

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

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.

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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 Guardian - AU

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 New Daily

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 Guardian - AU

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

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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 New Daily

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.

ABC News

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.

The Guardian - AU

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 Conversation

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.

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.

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