#theguardian.com. × #Mar.27.2025 × Federal election ‘will be won or lost in the suburbs’, Chalmers says. Treasurer is scathing of Coalition’s pledge to repeal Labor’s tax cuts but admits he is ‘very concerned’ about global trade war
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#theguardian.com. × #Mar.27.2025 × Richest households will benefit most from Dutton’s fuel tax excise, analysis shows. Opposition leader exaggerating benefits to Australians, experts say, with those with no car or who drive EVs seeing less savings
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#theguardian.com. × #Mar.27.2025 × Australian home affairs secretary admits to using disappearing messages on Signal for work. In wake of Trump administration group chat scandal, department’s chief operating officer tells Senate there is no ban on staff using the feature
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#theguardian.com. × #Mar.25.2025 × Jim Chalmers’ 2025 budget speech abridged and annotated – the economy is OK and we’re heading into an election. What the treasurer said – and what we can read between the lines of the budget night speech
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#theguardian.com. × #Mar.23.2025 × Finance minister reveals a further $2bn in savings before Labor’s next federal budget. Latest round of ‘reprioritised’ spending includes $720m from cuts on consultants, contractors and labour hire as Labor tries to rebuild public service
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#theguardian.com. × #Mar.23.2025 × Jim Chalmers says Coalition hints at aggressive NDIS cuts will ‘send a shiver up the spine’ of recipients. Treasurer seizes on shadow finance minister’s comments on ‘out of control’ disability insurance scheme
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#theguardian.com. × #Mar.22.2025 × Fixing a flawed levy on the banks could leave Australia’s budget billions of dollars better off. Australia’s banks have been given an easy ride at taxpayers’ expense. And economists Chris Richardson argues the banking levy is a fraction of what it should be
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#theguardian.com. × #Mar.21.2025 × Coalition and Greens urge Labor to introduce powers to break up Coles and Woolworths duopoly. Parties call for intervention after ACCC report found Australian grocers among most profitable in world amid cost-of-living crisis
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#theguardian.com. × #Mar.20.2025 × ‘Vandals in the White House’ no longer reliable allies of Australia, former defence force chief says. Chris Barrie says it’s too soon to say whether we should end our Aukus partnership, but called Donald Trump in his second term ‘irrecoverable’
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#theguardian.com. × #Mar.20.2025 × RSCPA revokes Huon’s accreditation after video showing live salmon being dumped in Tasmania. It means no Tasmanian salmon companies are certified as meeting the RSPCA-approved standard, its chief executive says
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#theguardian.com. × #Mar.19.2025 × Dutton under pressure to give MPs ‘anything to sell’ to voters as cost-of-living budget looms. Some inside the Coalition are concerned about a perceived lack of economic policies – a suggestion that makes shadow treasurer Angus Taylor bristle
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#theguardian.com. × #Mar.19.2025 × PBS-listed medicine to cost no more than $25 a script if Labor re-elected. Election pledge part of Albanese’s focus on cheaper medicines as a cost-of-living measure that will also help reduce inflation
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#theguardian.com. × #Mar.18.2025 × Jim Chalmers confirms federal budget will include deficit close to $29.6bn predicted in December. Treasurer says he would welcome the opportunity to put the economy ‘front and centre’ in the upcoming election campaign
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#theguardian.com. × #Mar.17.2025 × Jim Chalmers to call Trump’s tariffs ‘senseless’ and urge Australia to focus on resilience over retaliation. The treasurer will say ‘we deserve better as a long-term partner and ally’ in major economic address on Tuesday one week before delivering budget
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#theguardian.com. × #Mar.11.2025 × Australia’s record gold exports to US set back its case for tariff relief as Trump trade war looms. Industries across the country are bracing for the impact of the Trump administration’s worldwide tariff regime
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#theguardian.com. × #Mar.07.2025 × Mark Butler calls Australia’s private hospitals and insurers to urgent meeting amid Healthscope financial crisis. Health minister convenes meeting after reports second-largest private hospital operator risks voluntary administration
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#theguardian.com. × #Mar.06.2025 × Former NSW asbestos investigator calls for more controls on waste disposal. As chief scientist says state should drop ‘zero tolerance’, former EPA official says many problems could be solved during demolition process
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#theguardian.com. × #Mar.03.2025 × The ‘scary’ state of Whyalla steelworks’ bank balance revealed by administrators. Scathing assessment shows operation was losing $1.5m a day, running low of critical materials and owed creditors more than $1.3bn
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#theguardian.com. × #Mar.03.2025 × NSW public schools to be fully funded by 2034, leaving Queensland as only state outside deal. Commonwealth will pay for a quarter of public school funding, up from a fifth, replicating an agreement reached with South Australia and Victoria last month
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