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Budget downgrade blamed on Australian economy being hit harder than anticipated by higher interest rates, cost of living pressures and global uncertainty

A national Essential poll , conducted December 11–15 from a sample of 1,151, gave the Coalition a 48–47 lead including undecided, unchanged from the late November Essential poll. Primary votes were 35% Coalition (steady), 30% Labor (down two), 13% Greens (up two), 6% One Nation (down two), 1% UAP (steady),…

Review to reveal $14.6bn in savings and $16.3bn for payments and programs, including pensions and childcare subsidies

Peter Dutton’s path ‘would be an absolute failure’ in decarbonising the electricity sector and meeting Australia’s emission targets, analyst says

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s plan for nuclear power in Australia has provoked a great deal of discussion and analysis – most of it critical.

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Federal treasurer also reveals mid-year budget update out this week will show bigger deficits than May papers

Despite a clever comms strategy, there are significant credibility issues around the assumptions on which the cost estimates are based

Senior figure in Liberal party’s right wing held prominent cabinet positions in the Howard and Abbott Coalition governments

‘No one really has the foggiest idea of what it will cost to develop nuclear in Australia,’ one expert says

Experts and agencies have overwhelmingly deemed the plan not to be credible. And burning more coal and gas in the medium term only leads one way