Voters offered ‘clear’ choice as campaign kicks off
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged Australians to unite to help build their futures in his opening pitch to voters.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a May 3 election after visiting the Governor-General Sam Mostyn early on Friday morning.
Anthony Albanese is to call election on Friday as Peter Dutton announces a plan to protect gas supply for Australians, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
A gas reserve and $1 billion earmarked for pipelines and storage will bring down power prices, the opposition leader says, as he promises cost-of-living relief.
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Tax cuts to be ditched for cheaper fuel under coalition
The gauntlet has been thrown down ahead of a cost-of-living election with voters being asked to choose between cheaper fuel or more tax cuts.
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Labor lambasts coalition ‘brain explosion’ on tax cuts
All eyes are on the election after the federal government used its budget to lay the groundwork for the impending campaign and play up its tax cuts.
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Treasurer sells ‘modest’ tax cuts as coalition hits out
Australians will get an extra $10 a week in a 'topping up' of tax cuts from the latest budget, but the coalition have labelled it as a 'cruel hoax'.
Workers looking to switch jobs or start their own companies will soon be better protected, but business leaders are less than impressed with the budget measure.
The ACT Treasurer Chris Steel has welcomed the federal budget saying its range of initiatives will benefit Canberra.
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.
Labor’s fourth federal budget has failed once again to deliver meaningful investment in the territory, despite the big promises made at the last election, said ACT independent senator David Pocock.
Tax cuts are the centrepiece of the Albanese government’s cost-of-living budget bid for re-election in May.
Another two rounds of tax cuts, energy rebates, health and infrastructure spending are at the centre of this year's federal budget.
Taxpayers and students are the big winners from Jim Chalmers's fourth budget, while supermarkets and some bosses have come up short.
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 budget.
The federal government is expected to lean into its strengths when it delivers funding for Medicare, infrastructure and the cost of living in its budget.
Australia should divert its uncontracted gas back to the domestic market in the face of supply issues and soaring costs for households, advocates say.
Australians should be given a clear idea of the coalition's offerings as a budget reply and election looms, the prime minister has said.
The coalition has doubled down on plans to axe public service jobs if elected as the prime minister goes into bat for Australians working from home.
