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United Australia Party national director Craig Kelly says the TGA "surrendered" on antiparasitic drug ivermectin with its decision to allow off-label prescription once again. But what actually happened?

Treasurer Jim Chalmers' second budget contained only two significant superannuation measures but both have important effects.

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Inflation, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said, is “a tax on the poor”.

There’s some interesting stuff, some good things, some “spinning”, and there are certainly things to be disappointed about in the budget.

There’s a glorious irony that a surplus, after so many deficits, attracted such little attention

Will the budget make inflation worse? Are its boosts to welfare payments just the first step for the Labor government? Could the projected one-off surplus be followed by another one or more? What (if any) of the budget measures will the Coalition oppose? There’s quite a bit about this budget…

Angus Taylor repeats claims budget may have increased chances Reserve Bank will further increase interest rates

Labor’s budget criticised as Coalition and Greens say there is not enough cost-of-living help