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‘Respect and expect’: Coalition to cut public service funding

Scott Morrison will order “well paid” public servant bosses to make $2.7 billion in cuts to help the government claw back its trillion-dollar debt.

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Coalition targets public service savings

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Finance Minister Simon Birmingham say the 35 policies announced by the government during the election campaign are fully costed

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Cuts to public sector spending underpin Coalition's forecast budget improvement

The Coalition says it would improve the budget bottom line over the next four years by roughly a billion dollars, by driving down spending on the public service.

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Scott Morrison tells A Current Affair ‘jobkeeper saved the country’ – as it happened

Prime minister tells Tracy Grimshaw ‘I could have been more sensitive at times’; nation records 66 Covid deaths. This blog is now closed

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Labor, Liberals fight over policy costings

Labor has hit back at government claims it is failing to fund its election policies, dismissing the accusation as a scare campaign.

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Labor leader Anthony Albanese backs minimum wage increase in line with inflation

In an unusual move, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese endorses a 5.1 per cent increase to the minimum wage as inflation skyrockets.

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Many struggled even before rate increase

A new survey has found almost one-in-three borrowers were struggling to make ends meet even before the Reserve Bank of Australia raised the cash rate last week.

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Petrol prices up again despite tax support

Petrol prices are continuing to climb across Australia, with some cities paying more than 180 cents a litre as global factors undermine the cut in fuel excise.

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Half-time results are in: who's having a good election campaign, and who isn't?

When pre-poll voting starts on Monday May 9, it will signal the denouement of one of the least compelling streaming series ever to secure repeat funding: #AusVotes2022.

The Conversation

Dominic Perrottet says Scott Morrison ‘absolutely’ went too far by calling Icac a kangaroo court

NSW premier called on politicians to avoid any comments which ‘undermine confidence’ in integrity agencies

The Guardian - AU

Coalition continues to attack NSW anti-corruption commission model despite 'buffoon' sledge by outgoing commissioner

The federal government refuses to back down from its criticism of the New South Wales anti-corruption watchdog, despite being labelled "buffoons" by its outgoing commissioner.

ABC News

Perrottet rejects PM's attacks on ICAC

The NSW premier has rejected the prime minister's description of the ICAC as a 'kangaroo court', saying personal opinions should not erode public trust.

AAP

Federal election: Scott Morrison defends rate rise as proof of economic recovery, as Labor says his credentials are 'shredded'

Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers is quick to criticise the federal government's economic management, saying today's interest rate rise will negatively impact millions of Australians.

ABC News

Coalition criticises Labor’s housing policy because government could profit from price rises

Scott Morrison argues Labor is ‘looking to make money out of this’ as Anthony Albanese pledges to cut cost of some mortgages by up to $380,000

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Coalition, Greens take swipes at Labor's election housing pitch

Simon Birmingham takes aim at Labor's housing policy, saying first home buyers will have "[Anthony] Albanese at the kitchen table with you, owning part of your home".

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Campaign focus on housing affordability

The government has backed existing first homebuyer polices amid an opposition plan to take an equity stake in the homes of 10,000 low to middle income earners.

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Agencies closely watch poll interference

Australia needs to be ‘very much aware’ of the potential for Chinese interference in the federal election, a senior minister says.

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Labor leader Anthony Albanese emerges from COVID-19 isolation with rising power prices on the agenda

Federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese rejoins the federal election campaign after a week in COVID-19 isolation as power prices and the cost of living continue to be hot topics on the election campaign.

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Wellcamp quarantine camp could be used for returning cruise ship passengers who have tested positive to COVID-19

The Queensland opposition is criticising a suggestion by the Attorney-General that the Wellcamp quarantine facility could be used for COVID-positive cruise ship passengers.

The Guardian - AU

Factcheck: the Coalition says Labor always ‘takes China’s side’, but are the parties’ positions so different?

Did the opposition call Scott Morrison a ‘racist’ for shutting the border to China at the start of pandemic? Let’s look at the record

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Australia won’t interfere in Assange case

Australia won’t make representations to the UK home secretary over whether or not to extradite Julian Assange, Finance Minister Simon Birmingham says.

AFP

Australia says will not challenge Assange extradition

Sydney (AFP) - Australia will not challenge Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's extradition to the United States and has confidence in the British judicial system, a senior government minister said Thursday.

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison apologises for offence caused by saying he was ‘blessed’ to have children without disability

PM says sorry for remark during leaders’ debate after claiming that opponents ‘twisted’ his words

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Australia boycotts Russia at G20

A number of finance ministers and central bank governors have walked out out of a G20 meeting in Washington as Russia’s envoy started talking.

The Guardian - AU

Sharma labels Deves’s comments on trans people ‘reprehensible’ – as it happened

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