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Angus Taylor repeats claims budget may have increased chances Reserve Bank will further increase interest rates

Labor’s budget criticised as Coalition and Greens say there is not enough cost-of-living help

Lobbyists have taken advantage of the orange access passes to Parliament House, which allow them to roam the building freely.

Shadow attorney-general Michaelia Cash is accused of associating with the ‘far-right fringe’ after appearing on former Liberal senator Cory Bernardi’s Sky News show when the Voice to Parliament was compared with apartheid, and PM Anthony Albanese will publicly swear allegiance to King Charles III at Saturday’s coronation.

Albanese government risks being unfavourably compared to the Morrison government if it does not raise the payment for all, the key independent says

The finance minister says the government is looking seriously at a recommendation to expand the single-parenting payment to more mothers, acknowledging it is "hard" to live on the current JobSeeker rate.

Labor may be correct that it can’t solve poverty in one budget, but it has no excuse not to begin the process

Budgets are for stakeholders and interest groups like Christmas is for kids. They’re preceded by a multitude of letters to “Santa”, aka the treasurer, in the run-up.

RBA governor welcomes review of central bank as treasurer announces all 51 recommendations will be implemented