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Jim Chalmers' 'restraint' budget the first stage of a marathon for the treasurer

Jim Chalmers’ inaugural budget plants its feet as solidly as possible in the shifting sands of difficult and unpredictable international and local conditions.

The Conversation

Record energy spending amid global crisis

Record budget funding for landmark energy reforms is intended to steady the electricity grid and encourage investors to bankroll Australia's net zero future.

AAP

Federal budget 2022: Winners and Losers

It's the second federal budget of the year, but this time Treasurer Jim Chalmers is delivering Labor's first in close to a decade. Here's where it plans to spend its money and where it wants to rein things in.

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Albanese government's first budget delivers election promises but forecasts soaring power prices

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has brought down a no-surprises budget that delivers Labor’s election promises but warns Australians “hard decisions” are needed for the “hard days to come”.

The Conversation

Budget 'improves liveability' in regions

The Albanese government says it is committed to regional Australia's future, funding health, skills and connectivity, while delaying dam projects.

AAP

Australians in for tough financial times as federal budget forecasts declining real wages and high living costs

Australians are facing a bleak couple of years, with Treasury forecasting dual woes of sustained high living costs and declining real wages. The budget bottom line has improved but Treasurer Jim Chalmers is warning of tough decisions in coming months.

ABC News

Training central to Labor jobs, wages plan

The Albanese government will fund almost half a million fee-free TAFE places and 20,000 new university spots as part of its plan to boost jobs and wages.

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Two years to go before wages rise

The gloomy state of the economy will weigh on household budgets with a boost to real wages not expected until at least mid-2025.

AAP

Hip pocket pain still worries Canberrans

With 10 kids in total, eight living at home, Paul Buckley has a range of problems he would like the Albanese government to address

The Canberra Times

Federal budget to include plan to build 1 million homes by end of the decade, as Labor seeks to mitigate housing crisis

In his first budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will outline the government's plan to increase housing supply over five years from 2024.

ABC News

$350m to kickstart housing affordability

Australians priced out of the rental market are set to benefit from a $350 million affordable housing scheme included in the federal budget.

AAP

Budget 2022: Chalmers promises five-point plan for cost of living relief — as it happened

Labor has delivered the second federal budget of the year, announcing a plan for cost of living, wages and housing.

ABC News

You be the treasurer: scrap the stage-three tax cuts, spend money, or pay down the federal budget deficit

Tax cuts for high-income earners, build a bullet train, add dental to Medicare or build more social housing? You decide with our interactive guide

The Guardian - AU

Albanese budget scraps ‘risky’ Coalition plan to underwrite new power generation

Exclusive: Scheme had been criticised as a ‘slush fund’ that could have cost billions and pushed up power prices

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Non-govt Vic schools promised $700m boost

Victorian Labor is beating its election drum on education for a second successive day, promising $717 million for low-fee Catholic and independent schools.

The New Daily

Budget goal to build one million new homes

One million new homes will be built as part Labor's plan to bring together different sectors to boost investment in affordable housing.

ABC News

Jim Chalmers says the Coalition is responsible for $1 trillion of debt in the federal budget. Is that correct?

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the budget is "heaving with a trillion dollars in Liberal Party debt". Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

Newcastle Herald

All eyes on Canberra as first Chalmers budget sets the stage for federal Labor

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Labor hints at more controls on energy sector – as it happened

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Building Better Regions Fund applicants rejected ahead of federal budget

A remote shire expects to fork out more money getting up major projects after its two applications to a Commonwealth funding stream were among those thrown out.

The New Daily

Paul Bongiorno: A budget to reset the big arguments

The Albanese government tells us it has taken to heart the admonition that those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Newcastle Herald

Call for Hunter to retain budget funding for key projects

The Albanese government says it will target politically motivated grants programs and delay infrastructure projects to help cut spending.

ABC News

Here's what we know about the Albanese government's budget

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has spent the last few months lowering voters' expectations about this budget, saying it can't be a spend-athon.

AAP

Chalmers braces for budget belt tightening

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has unveiled a budget that includes cost of living relief and down payments on election promises, but warns of hard decisions to come.

AAP

Budget and workplace laws centre stage

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will deliver his first budget this week, while proposed workplace relations and data breach laws will also be introduced to parliament.

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