The Albanese government has moved to quickly push its budget tax cuts through parliament in an apparent move to wedge the opposition. The bill passed through the lower house on Wednesday morning without Coalition support – a move Jim Chalmers highlighted in a National Press Club speech in which he repeatedly called out the shadow treasurer, Angus Taylor.
Elsewhere in Parliament House, the Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young was admonished for waving a dead salmon during Senate question time.
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In pictures
With questions mounting over the Aukus deal, data journalist Josh Nicholas took a look through the federal budget papers to see what one nuclear sub would buy us.
What they said …
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“They are delulu with no solulu.”
The prime minister has gone gen Z in his latest remarks about the Coalition. Confused? Here’s a helpful translation.
In numbers
The latest consumer price index figures keep Labor’s hopes of another pre-election rate cut alive.
Before bed read
Meet Valerie: the miniature dachshund who went missing on Kangaroo Island in November 2023. The much-loved pet is believed to be alive and well – and continues to evade rescuers.
Daily word game
Today’s starter word is: WOO. You have five goes to get the longest word including the starter word. Play Wordiply.
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