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Alan Kohler: A beautiful, lucky, meaningless budget

Jim Chalmers has produced a budget document that beautifully navigates the difficult terrain of economics and politics.

The New Daily

NSW moves to end ‘secret’ rental bidding and bring in portable bonds scheme

Exclusive: Premier Chris Minns says legislation will create a ‘fairer’ rental market by providing more certainty and flexibility

The Guardian - AU

Households offered $1bn help in budget to install energy saving measures

Low-cost loans for double glazing, solar panels and other improvements should benefit more than 100,000 households, while $2bn is set aside for hydrogen projects

The Guardian - AU

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Federal budget 2023: Jim Chalmers delivers surprise $5bn Medicare boost and cost-of-living help for Australians ‘under the pump’

Treasurer aims to strike a ‘methodical balance’ to see people through the hard times while setting the country up for a better future

The Guardian - AU

Ben Franklin defies NSW Nationals leadership by securing upper house presidency

Ben Franklin nominates himself for the position a day after state party leader Paul Toole is booted out in a leadership spill.

ABC News

Paul Bongiorno: Prepare for another tax and spend budget

The rituals of the budget are as predictable as they are frustrating, including the mantra that all Labor governments do is tax and spend.

The New Daily

Jacqui Lambie criticises government over broken promises as cost of living takes centre stage on Q+A ahead of federal budget

With an expected $4 billion budget surplus, the government comes under fire from Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie for withholding spending on Australia's most vulnerable.

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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.

The Conversation

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

The gas industry is being hit with jacked-up taxes. What's changing?

Tuesday's federal budget will include changes to a key tax levied on gas exporters, aimed at bringing billions in additional revenue to the budget over the next few years. But some say it still falls too far short.

ABC News

Paul Toole axed as NSW Nationals leader, sending Coalition into a spin on eve of parliament’s return

Former deputy premier faced leadership spill after colleague Ben Franklin accused of him of misleading colleagues

The Guardian - AU

Fears relief could add to inflationary pressures – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

$Jim Chalmers says the Coalition racked up all but a 'tiny fraction' of $1 trillion in debt left to Labor. Is that correct?$

Jim Chalmers says the Coalition racked up all but a 'tiny fraction' of $1 trillion in debt left to Labor. Is that correct?

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says that Labor inherited a trillion dollars of "Liberal debt" when it came to office, and that Labor's share of that, left to the previous Coalition government was "a tiny fraction". RMIT ABC Fact Check runs the numbers.

ABC News

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.

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The New Daily

Morrison & Co spent a staggering $21b on contractors to support understaffed public service

Morrison & Co spent a staggering $21b on contractors rather than spend less to support an understaffed public service

ABC News

Extra billions flowing into budget but real wages not tipped to grow for another year

Workers will have to wait another year before their wages outstrip the rising cost of living, according to Treasury forecasts to be released next week.

The Guardian - AU

Labor may be ‘vindicated’ by the budget, but a surplus would be cold comfort for those grappling with the cost of living

Jim Chalmers is balancing talk of the S-word with the promise of ‘responsible economic management’. What does that mean for those who most need support?

The Guardian - AU

Morrison government spent $20.8bn on consultants and outsourcing public service in final year, audit finds

The equivalent of 54,000 full-time staff were employed by the federal government in 2021-22, or 37% of the actual workforce

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The Guardian - AU

Jim Chalmers attacks ‘coalition of weirdos’ as Labor pushes Senate to vote on housing fund next week

Treasurer says budget will include ‘additional measures’ to help renters as Greens launch last-ditch bid to restart negotiations

The New Daily

NSW Premier Chris Minns’ job offer to Nationals mate sparks fury and division in Coalition

A Nationals MP has been accused of contemplating treachery against the Coalition as he considers a lucrative role in the NSW parliament.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Australia’s $60m-a-day debt interest, Ed Sheeran wins, Proud Boys convicted

Albanese government blames Coalition for leaving a ‘mess’ behind; and singer cleared of copying Marvin Gaye classic

The Guardian - AU

Opposition leader says no federal intervention needed – as it happened

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Newcastle Herald

Crakanthorp urges patience on key Hunter infrastructure projects

The Newcastle MP and new Minister for the Hunter spoke to the Herald about Hunter Park, light rail and a host of other issues facing the region.

The Guardian - AU

Labor to scrap Coalition’s ‘punitive’ ParentsNext scheme from next year

Albanese government says mutual obligations under the widely criticised program will end immediately

The Conversation

Controversial ParentsNext program to be scrapped next year

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