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The opposition leader’s doubling down on crusades that estrange the party from its inner-city heartland must have felt pretty eccentric from the teal corner

Meet Miriam. She's the "typical Aussie", juggling a family, a part-time job and a growing pile of bills. Not one policy in the budget's five-point plan for cost of living relief will help her now — but for millions like her, crunch time is already here.

Australia's 15.6 million super fund members and retirees need to know what changes have come in with Labor's first budget in nine years

With annual inflation reaching a 32-year high over the September quarter, food staples were hit hard and its going to get worse.

A news.com.au poll on vaccine satisfaction was shared dozens of times in online groups populated by anti-vax activists, some with direct call outs encouraging manipulation of the results.

Head of Australian energy users group says current $35 per gigajoule is ‘dire’ and a $10/GJ cap would be ‘pretty fair and reasonable’

An opposition leader has a tricky task when delivering a first budget reply after an election rout. But circumstances played into the hands of Peter Dutton for his big parliamentary occasion on Thursday night.

Virtually every country in the world is facing a crisis in energy costs, yet while other countries can’t do much about it, Australia can.

Housing took centre stage in Treasurer Jim Chalmers’s first budget this week. Relatively modest but positive steps were made towards tackling Australia’s worsening shortage of affordable social housing, as well as the broader challenge of housing affordability. But parts of the package cast some doubt on the new government’s analysis…

Pressure mounts on the Commonwealth to fix the electricity system's woes, but observers warn there are no easy solutions and consumers are in for a rough ride.