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Federal budget 2023: Jim Chalmers delivers surprise $5bn Medicare boost and cost-of-living help for Australians ‘under the pump’

Treasurer aims to strike a ‘methodical balance’ to see people through the hard times while setting the country up for a better future

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Budget 2023: Business to benefit from energy assistance and renewables investment, but key tax break scaled back

Renewable energy and the transition away from fossil fuels are the government's key focus in its assistance to businesses, big and small, but a key small business tax break has been scaled back.

ABC News

Budget 2023: Budgeting for difficult times is hard – just ask Chalmers

Surplus or not, the budget papers show us living through pretty awful times.

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The federal budget promises $14.6 billion in cost-of-living relief. Where is it going, and who will be eligible for support?

The federal budget includes billions in "targeted relief" for the most vulnerable Australians. Here's where the funds are going.

ABC News

Jim Chalmers hands down a budget for Anthony Albanese's battlers

A big incentive for doctors to bulk bill, a modest $40 a fortnight rise in JobSeeker and extra rent assistance are highlights of a Labor budget that juggles targeted cost-of-living relief with containing inflation.

The Conversation

Hunter poised for action as budget doubles down on clean energy

Jim Chalmers' budget delivered few surprises for the Hunter but the hope of more help on energy and industry transformation.

Newcastle Herald

Federal budget 2023: Winners and Losers

More money for JobSeeker, bulk-billing and spies, but more taxes on smokers and travellers. Find out who is up and who is down in the second federal budget delivered by Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

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Federal budget summary: JobSeeker and welfare payments increased as living costs bite

A modest increase in unemployment benefits and cheaper healthcare are the centrepieces of a federal budget tasked with helping the nation's most vulnerable at a time when living costs are hurting households.

ABC News

View from The Hill: Chalmers' budget delivers modestly to the vulnerable while keeping the inflation ogre in mind

This budget is the culmination of a tug of war between the government’s imperative to fight inflation and the siren call from Labor’s base to help people who are struggling.

The Conversation

Increase in JobSeeker and rent assistance confirmed ahead of tonight's federal budget

The government has confirmed that tonight's federal budget will include an increase to the JobSeeker base rate, rent assistance, Austudy and Youth Allowance.

ABC News

Federal budget 2023: Treasurer reveals $40 fortnightly JobSeeker rise, boost to bulk billing and rental assistance — as it happened

Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivers this year's federal budget, with a focus on cost of living and health. Look back on Tuesday's updates.

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Australia flags first annual budget surplus in 15 years

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says country is on track for first surplus since the global financial crisis in 2008.

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Watch: Surplus surprise, CTE suicide risk, Telstra outage

Watch: Jim Chalmers will be the first Treasurer in 15 years to hand down a surplus in tonight's budget. Telstra claims to have resolved an issue that left

The New Daily

What time is the 2023-24 federal budget? Here are the key things to watch for and what 'budget surplus' means

While the federal government has already announced several measures ahead of the big moment on Tuesday night, the full details don't drop until then. Here's a quick guide to get you up to speed with what's happening and what to watch out for.

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‘Proud’ Treasurer points to biggest budget turnaround ‘on record’

A "very proud" Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the budget he will unveil within hours will show "the biggest budget turnaround on record".

The Independent UK

Australia forecasts first annual budget surplus in 15 years

The Australian government has forecast the nation’s first balanced annual budget in 15 years but warns that economic pressures such as inflation will push the country into deeper debt in future years

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ABC looks at cost of living, NDIS and Voice ahead of budget as networks finalise plans

As Labor unveils its second federal budget, producers at Australia’s major free-to-air networks make their plans to win viewers.

Newcastle Herald

The federal budget must walk a tightrope amid cost of living fight

Easier said than done when interest rates rose again in May.

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The Guardian - AU

Treasurer delivers budget speech – as it happened

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Morning Mail: Chalmers’ $4bn surplus, airlines face calls for compensation payouts, frog loss fears

Aviation white paper may include plan to recompense people whose flights are cancelled or delayed; treasurer to present budget; and bushfires have hit frog populations

Crikey

Chalmers’ budget cuts a fine figure

The surplus of $4 billion expected to be announced in tonight’s budget will be Australia’s first in 15 years, and former independent MP Monique Ryan’s chief of staff Sally Rugg has walked away from her unfair dismissal case against her old boss.

The New Daily

Paul Bongiorno: Prepare for another tax and spend budget

The rituals of the budget are as predictable as they are frustrating, including the mantra that all Labor governments do is tax and spend.

The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: Hiding in plain sight, Labor commits to further big fossil fuel projects

The Albanese/Chalmers government went ever so gently with the gas industry because it hopes for more big new fossil fuel extraction projects.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter leaders want budget cash to flow for energy, roads, housing

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will deliver his budget speech to Parliament at 7.30pm, six-and-a-half months after Labor's first post-election mini-budget in October.

ABC News

What's in the budget? Here are some of the major measures we know about

These major budget measures reveal the type of plan the federal government has for Australia, writes Gareth Hutchens.

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