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Despite concerns over transparency, Brisbane City Council has approved a behind-the-scenes transfer of a lease of the former Stafford Bowls Club from Crushers Leagues Club to Brisbane Racing Club.

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…

Thanks for the Budget Jim, now keep it coming

Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke will introduce Labor's Secure Jobs, Better Pay bill into Parliament, promising to "get wages moving".

Peter Dutton has used his first budget reply speech to attack the lack of cost-of-living measures put forward by the government while inflation rises.

‘Secure jobs, better pay’ bill will legally require employers to try to reach flexible agreement with eligible workers

Advocates express deep unease about lack of action for people on income support and repeat calls to lift jobseeker rate to $73 a day

Women are central to economic prosperity. This federal budget offers a paradigm shift on gender inequality

The shadow treasurer rejected the concept of the structural deficit at the heart of the budget and said the economy could be grown faster.

The sobriety of Budget 2022 reveals much about the political evolution of Anthony Albanese, Matthew Franklin writes.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers unveiled the government’s plan to accelerate the construction of new housing across the country.