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- liveThe treasurer hands down his third budget, with a raft of measures aimed to deal with Australia's cost-of-living crisis. Follow live.
- A $300 energy bill credit for every household, a 10 per cent increase to Commonwealth rent assistance and capped PBS medicine prices headline a budget aimed at easing living costs and bolstering the government's pre-election standing.
- Treasurer Jim Chalmers has handed down the government's third budget. Have a look at what's new — and what's in it for you.
- Treasurer Jim Chalmers says helping Australians with the cost of living is the government's number one priority. So what's actually in the budget for households feeling the pinch?
- Analysis by Laura TingleThis federal budget doesn't read like one where the cabinet put a list together of disgruntled people to appease — instead, it acknowledges the government is facing a mountain of problems that cannot be solved any time soon.
- The Albanese government is spending big on its ambition to engineer a "Future Made in Australia", while leaving some scraps for small businesses struggling with the here and now.
- The federal budget measure — slated to begin in July next year — is a $1.1 billion promise over four years to help improve the retirement outcomes for working mothers.
- Analysis by Ian VerrenderThe Albanese government is getting back into business, literally. But will its bets on a Future Made in Australia pay off?
- Economists are likely to quibble with the government's claim its budget is helping, not hindering, the inflation fight, but in the end the RBA's judgment will be what matters.
- Greg Lynn admits covering up the deaths of two campers and disposing of their bodies, his lawyer says, but insists he is innocent of murder.
- The Bureau of Meteorology's declaration means there is a 50 per cent chance of the eastern Pacific cool phase developing later this year. It would make it the fourth La Niña in just five years.
- Former military lawyer David McBride is jailed for unlawfully leaking classified documents to journalists after last year pleading guilty to stealing and sharing secret military information.
- Carl Jakeway and his wife did their best to get themselves out of trouble, but eventually activated their locator beacon and were rescued by police.
- As the cost-of-living crisis worsens, the ABC spoke to families and students who say they're relying on savings tip-offs online, discount stores, and food banks to get by.
- Police have launched a homicide investigation after CCTV vision emerged of a suspected car chase leading up to a crash that killed four people in northern NSW.
- A WA mother accused of attempting to murder her severely disabled daughter by injecting her with insulin tells a Perth jury her intention was only to get the child into hospital for treatment.
- The teens who violently attacked rugby union great Toutai Kefu and his family inside their Brisbane home were drunk and confused, but Mr Kefu's wife vividly replays the nightmarish night and can not erase the images, a Brisbane court hears.
- Tensions over pro-Palestinian encampments and protests at Australian universities are in the spotlight, with one Melbourne university ordering participants to dismantle their camp, and the prime minister weighing in on a demonstration at another.
- A group of at least 15 orcas off the coast of Spain have sunk seven boats over the past four years. The origin of this new behaviour has baffled scientists, though the leading theory suggests they're following a "social fad".
- A Collingwood fan will not be able to watch his side in action for the rest of the season after the AFL came down hard on him for grabbing West Coast's Harvey Johnston.
- A spokesperson for Firstmac said the company was aware of the incident and was urgently investigating it with cyber security experts, but the investigation would take some time due to its complexity.
- Officials say the agency that owns the billboard did not have a permit to put up the hoarding, measuring larger than an olympic swimming pool.
- Bonza workers are told they will remain stood down for at least another two weeks, as administrators scramble to find investors to support the troubled airline.
- The grandfather of Charlise Mutten has told court of his granddaughter's unconditional love for her mother and her question about whether her accused killer would make a good father.
- Overnight riots in the South Pacific French territory saw vehicles torched and roads blocked in the wake of proposed constitutional reforms.
- Chinese police hunting international corruption targets were allowed into Australia by the federal police and subsequently escorted a woman back to China for trial, in a major breach of Chinese-Australian police protocols.
- Analysis by Ange LavoipierreThe timing of South Australia's announcement of a social media ban suggests that the federal government's plan to introduce age verification for porn could easily be expanded — and is it any surprise?
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analysis:Much of Chalmers's success will rest on just one budget measure that economists will hate
This federal budget doesn't read like one where the cabinet put a list together of disgruntled people to appease — instead, it acknowledges the government is facing a mountain of problems that cannot be solved any time soon.
Analysis
analysis:Is this the end of small government?
The Albanese government is getting back into business, literally. But will its bets on a Future Made in Australia pay off?
Analysis
analysis:'Not a glamorous budget': NT speeding towards a record debt of more than $11 billion
Eva Lawler has handed down her first budget as the NT's leader, and despite big ticket spends on police and education, she admits it isn't pretty.
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analysis:First porn, then social media? How age verification tech could cross over
The timing of South Australia's announcement of a social media ban suggests that the federal government's plan to introduce age verification for porn could easily be expanded — and is it any surprise?
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analysis:Much of Chalmers's success will rest on just one budget measure that economists will hate
This federal budget doesn't read like one where the cabinet put a list together of disgruntled people to appease — instead, it acknowledges the government is facing a mountain of problems that cannot be solved any time soon.
Analysis
analysis:Is this the end of small government?
The Albanese government is getting back into business, literally. But will its bets on a Future Made in Australia pay off?
Analysis
analysis:'Not a glamorous budget': NT speeding towards a record debt of more than $11 billion
Eva Lawler has handed down her first budget as the NT's leader, and despite big ticket spends on police and education, she admits it isn't pretty.
Analysis
analysis:First porn, then social media? How age verification tech could cross over
The timing of South Australia's announcement of a social media ban suggests that the federal government's plan to introduce age verification for porn could easily be expanded — and is it any surprise?
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