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PM and Albanese primed for poll showdown

Scott Morrison was in Tasmania just days out from firing the starting gun for the May election, while Anthony Albanese held a Labor rally in Brisbane.

AAP · Apr 2, 2022

Jacqui Lambie unloads on Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Q+A over Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells and the federal budget

On Q+A, independent senator Jacqui Lambie suggests outgoing Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells has been unfairly ousted due to her sex, and backs the claims Senator Fierravanti-Wells made about the Prime Minister's alleged poor character.

ABC News · Mar 31, 2022

PM issues budget challenge to Albanese

Labor leader Anthony Albanese will hand down his budget reply on Thursday night, but the opposition has stressed it won't be an alternative budget.

AAP · Mar 30, 2022

Budget won't address cost of living: Labor

Labor and the Greens have taken aim at Tuesday's budget for trying to buy votes ahead of the upcoming federal election.

AAP · Mar 29, 2022

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 · Mar 29, 2022

Paul Bongiorno: Morrison and Frydenberg’s best last chance looms

The expectations of Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg repeating their escape from the political pickle they are in with the budget are low.

The New Daily · Mar 28, 2022

Pre-election cash splash underpins budget

Australians will get one-off cash handouts and tax breaks and pay less for fuel under a raft of pre-election sweeteners announced in the federal budget.

AAP · Mar 28, 2022

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 Guardian - AU · Mar 27, 2022

Morrison wins battle to head off rank-and-file preselections, as government readies to deliver vote-bait budget

Scott Morrison finally got his way at the weekend when the Liberal federal executive agreed to candidates for several key NSW seats being picked by a three-person committee rather than the rank and file having their say.

The Conversation · Mar 27, 2022

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 New Daily · Mar 27, 2022