The Latest Breaking News from Josh Frydenberg

Former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s decision to put a business future before an attempted political revival is a blow for the Liberal Party, but a relief for the teal member for Kooyong, Monique Ryan.

Former treasurer’s decision not to contest the next election dents any Liberal party hopes of an alternative to Peter Dutton’s wrecking-ball strategy

The Coalition risks sacrificing an election promise on small business tax cuts to pull a political stunt on climate change, Labor claims.

Did the budget leave the Albanese government, just one year old this week, the maximum amount of political room to move?

Simon Frost, a former Victorian Liberal Party chief and key adviser to former treasurer Josh Frydenberg, is chief operating officer for the Yes23 campaign for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, and whistleblower Richard Boyle says he’s been wrongly denied protection under the Public Interest Disclosure Act.

Forget the various polls and pundits, the real voice of the Australian people has spoken: Peter Dutton is a dud – and getting worse.

Labor’s budget is a pretty uninspired affair. What might’ve been?

From welfare reform to tackling climate change, what makes a Labor budget?

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.