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Labor urged to increase uni research spending as budget offers boost to student unions and safety

Albanese government’s spending hailed by student safety advocates as a ‘huge step’ in holding sector accountable for student welfare

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From ‘Jimflation’ to ‘Lucky Chalm’: How did the Australian press cover the 2024 budget?

The federal budget offers an insight into the political biases and blind spots among Australia’s major media players.

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Threatened species out as environmental funding lags

Environmental advocates say they are disappointed with a lack of funding for threatened species and biodiversity in Labor's latest budget.

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Coalition questions $300 power bill rebate as Chalmers says the wealthy not Labor’s ‘focus or concern’

Peter Dutton confirms he will back electricity rebate but joins chorus of criticism saying $3.5bn cost-of-living measure is not means tested

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Chalmers’ profligate, partisan and possibly prescient budget

Labor’s budget sends us deep into deficit — and it’s possible that it might not be enough to prop up the economy.

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No budget pathway for Labor’s ambition for higher education — and $50k arts degrees are here to stay

Labor’s budget lays down some important markers for higher education. But many of the most important decisions have been kicked down the road.

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Labor-driven structural change is so far off the table it’s out the window

Labor is now the party of asset owners, while at the same time representing the assetless and poor. Therein lies a problem.

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Is ratcheting inflation down with subsidies a sin?

Yes, targeted subsidies — like the $300 energy bill relief — can be legitimate, even if they cost something.

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The budget proves Labor is losing touch with women voters

Perhaps the people who aren’t struggling to pay rent or put food on the table can donate their $300 energy bill rebate to a frontline service.

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Morning Mail: Labor’s cost-of-living budget, parliament fundraiser ‘shock’, manhunt in France

Treasurer hopes cost-of-living help will secure votes without fanning inflationary flames; literary world mourns the ‘Canadian Chekhov’

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Senator breaks ranks on Gaza – as it happened

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'Hate is not a family value': book ban protesters erupt

A war of wars has erupted between rival groups outside a Sydney council chambers over the decision to ban a book featuring same-sex parenting.

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Federal Liberals charging up to $2,000 for budget fundraisers within Parliament House

Plans by MPs to host drinks event are criticised as ‘bad form’, while Labor holds events at Realm Hotel and National Press Club

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Labor’s budget shows its manufacturing vision is in bombs, not batteries

The government wants us to focus on its ‘Future Made in Australia’ project. But the spending allocated to this manufacturing vision pales before that invested in Defence.

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Budget tells of a struggling economy in which employment is defying gravity

For its utopian visions of the rebirth of Australian manufacturing, Labor knows it needs workers. But where will they come from?

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Is this the closest we’ll get to a stereotypical Labor budget?

The federal budget is equal parts restraint and reform, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said in his press conference this afternoon. In fact, it’s neither.

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Labor’s budget eyes a flagging economy and voters. But is it a ‘magic pudding’?

With an election on the horizon, the government’s budget is heavy with stimulus-focused spending that it’ll be hoping appeases voters. But will it worsen inflation?

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Future Made in Australia: $23bn for ‘biggest transformation since Industrial Revolution’

Vast array of projects included in sweeping package aimed at boosting domestic manufacturing and speeding up path to net zero

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Steaming toward $1 trillion in gross debt in 2025/26

Australia was expected to hit $1 trillion in gross debt this year under the previous government, but Jim Chalmers says the liability will be $152 billion lower.

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A tale of two exports: Education versus gas shows we’re a carbon-captured state

What a contrast in government policy: Labor says higher education is too successful at exporting its products and must be blocked. But when it comes to gas, it’s a different story.

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Jim Chalmers really, really wants you to know he’s being responsible with the budget

The treasurer has promised the 2024 federal budget will be responsible. He’s said it again and again. And again.

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Jim Chalmers delivers 2024 budget speech – as it happened

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Nation's only Liberal government suffers first-day loss

Tasmania's minority Liberal government has lost the position of Speaker on the first day of parliament since the state election in March.

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Scientists say Tasmania’s Maugean skate could become extinct – so why are local leaders still backing the salmon industry?

Environmentalists and salmon farmers remain at loggerheads as the federal government considers options

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Federal budget to remain in the black with forecast surplus of $9.3bn for 2023-24

Jim Chalmers signals cost-of-living relief for those ‘doing it tough’ – but some question the wisdom of adopting stimulatory measures too soon

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