Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Jim Chalmers

Non-compete clauses to be banned for workers including hairdressers and those in childcare in 2025 federal budget

More than 3 million employees earning less than $175,000 a year to benefit from policy, which will make it easier for low-paid workers to switch jobs

The Guardian - AU

Albanese government bids for votes with ‘top-up’ tax cuts for all

Tax cuts are the centrepiece of the Albanese government’s cost-of-living budget bid for re-election in May. The surprise tax measures mean taxpayers will receive an extra tax cut of up to A$268 from July 1 next year and up to $536 every year from July 1 2027.

The Conversation

Budget fundamentals smashed as storms cloud outlook

Australia's federal budget is forecast to eclipse $1 trillion in debt for the first time in 2025/26, as global challenges threaten the nation's coffers.

AAP

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Tax cuts are coming, but not soon, in a cautious budget

Today’s budget is a cautious and responsible response to the cost-of-living pressures facing voters.

The Conversation

Taxpayers to get $10 a week cut in pre-election budget

All taxpayers will get two rounds of cuts but only starting from July 2026, as Treasurer Jim Chalmers makes the case for a second Labor term.

AAP

Morning Mail: Chalmers upbeat on debt, White House war chat blunder, green hydrogen’s uncertain future

Treasurer claims credit for improved fiscal position as he prepares to hand down budget; more than 1,000 arrests amid Istanbul demonstrations

The Guardian - AU

Chalmers delivers 2025 budget speech – as it happened

This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

'Optimism' in budget as Australia seen turning a corner

The cost of living will be centre stage in the government's budget as many continue to do it tough, but a cabinet minister says there is reason to have hope.

AAP

Chalmers is handing down the federal budget – here’s what we know so far

There will be energy bill relief and a cap on the price of medicines at the treasurer’s big reveal on Tuesday, but Australia is heading back into deficit

The Guardian - AU

Federal budget 2025: here’s what we know so far

The federal budget will be handed down by Treasurer Jim Chalmers at 7:30PM AEDT on Tuesday March 25.

The Conversation

3-Min Explainer: What Is A Federal Budget & Why Should You Care About The 2025 One?

You asked, we delivered — here's your handy guide to this week's 'surprise' budget night.

Pedestrian.tv

This week’s federal budget will focus on cost-of-living measures – and a more uncertain global economy

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will bring down the federal budget on Tuesday.

The Conversation

Consultants in firing line amid public servant stoush

The coalition wants to slash public servant numbers but Labor says the alternative is costly consultants, as both sides lavish voters with cost-of-living help.

AAP

Labor 'unashamed' in pitch for cost of living vote

The federal budget will deliver help for working people, Anthony Albanese declares, as Labor tries to draw the opposition into revealing its hand.

AAP

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

Australian budget 2025: where does the money come from and where does it go?

The halcyon days of back-to-back surpluses are over but you can expect more energy rebates and perhaps some surprise announcements

The Conversation

View from The Hill: 5 things to look for in the budget – and why we really need another budget soon

Jim Chalmers likes to boast, or marvel, that he is the first treasurer since Ben Chifley to deliver four budgets in a term.

AAP

Budget week to bring inflation, cost-of-living news

The Albanese government will look to further ease cost-of-living pressures without adding to inflation when it delivers its fourth budget.

AAP

Plans to help more into 'disaster' housing market

Aspiring homeowners could secure a cheaper mortgage and lower deposit by letting the government take a stake, but Peter Dutton questions whether they want to.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

Coalition and Greens urge Labor to introduce powers to break up Coles and Woolworths duopoly

Parties call for intervention after ACCC report found Australian grocers among most profitable in world amid cost-of-living crisis

The Guardian - AU

Major-power conflict ‘no longer unimaginable’, Australian intelligence review finds

Independent assessment, which was handed to government before US election, warns of ‘global geopolitical and economic fragmentation’

Pedestrian.tv

Supermarkets Coles & Woolworths Have ‘Limited Incentive’ To Compete On Price, ACCC Finds

“We don't want the supermarkets to be treating Australians like mugs.”

AAP

Nation needs greater protection from economic threats

A review of intelligence services has called for a system overhaul to combat a growing threat to Australia's economic security.

AAP

Media laws to stay despite US tech giant threat

Social media companies have urged US President Donald Trump to punish Australia over laws forcing platforms to pay media outlets for content.

The Guardian - AU

ACCC urges reform as Coles and Woolworths named among ‘most profitable’ supermarkets in world

A 441-page report calls for 20 recommendations, including greater transparency around prices, special offers and ‘shrinkflation’

AAP

Tariffs spell death knell for businesses on the brink

Australia's economy is tipped to grow faster in 2025 but US tariffs and trade wars could be enough to send marginal businesses to the wall.

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Deloitte Access Economics

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.