Australian federal budget

The Labor government has wasted opportunities, which will result in a budget shortfall $20 billion worse than Treasury predictions, Chris Richardson warns.

Net zero remains a key focus of the federal Labor government.

Sky-high prices for Australia's commodity exports and robust jobs growth have helped the federal government land a record $22.1 ...

Commentary "Mr Speaker, I am announcing tonight a schedule to increase Australia’s defence expenditure to three percent of ...

Commentary There is more care than productivity in this budget. Literally, "care" is one of the most frequently ...

Almost 12 million Australians will find visiting their doctor less taxing on the household budget as the federal ...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will announce a small budget surplus on Tuesday evening, the first in 15 years primarily ...

Commentary Sometimes there are signposts as to what a government may be planning to do, and when it ...

Australia’s budget deficit will see a “remarkable recovery” this year on the back of soaring coal and natural ...

Commentary What the Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers tabled on Oct. 25 was not a budget in the traditional ...

The Albanese government will invest $7 billion (US$4.5 billion) into making Australia a world leader in gender equality. ...

Walking down a flooded road in Forbes, in central west New South Wales (NSW), Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ...

While the value of the Australian dollar has fallen significantly against the U.S. dollar this year, the depreciation ...

Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned the country is unlikely to see a budget surplus in the next ...

The Victorian Labor Government has announced a new $250 (US$176.4) one-off payment for all Victorian households as part ...

The Victorian Labor Government has criticised the conservative Opposition for failing Victorians after the Victorian Opposition Leader and ...

The most striking feature of Tuesday’s 2022-23 federal budget is how well the Australian economy is performing. Whereas ...

The Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) is celebrating the listing of Trodelvy, a treatment for a rare form ...

Ten million Australians will receive a one-off $420 (US$315) tax offset to assist with the ballooning cost of ...

The Australian federal government announced a record $17.9 billion (US$13.4 billion) in infrastructure funding for new and existing ...

Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has pledged measures to ease Australia’s rising cost-of-living in Tuesday’s federal budget that don't ...

Australia is setting aside more than $700 million (US$523 million) to train local doctors in the specialties areas—including ...

A little more than week ahead of handing down his 2022 budget, Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the ...

A peak oil and gas lobby group has asked the federal government for more tax incentives for the ...