Editorial

Despite accusing critics of the budget of mounting a scare campaign “built on lies”, the Albanese government seems to be stooping the same level.
Editorial

Budget that won’t stop biting causes agony for Labor

EDITORIAL: If it’s true that a rolling stone gathers no moss then it may follow that a snowballing budget picks up a lot of crap along the way.

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Jim Chalmers likes to dismiss his Budget ‘doomsayers’ ... but what about being honest about the economy.
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Why Jim’s Budget bluster is just a bunch of pretty porkies

EDITORIAL: Jim Chalmers hasn’t just tried to put lipstick on a pig with his Budget charm offensive. He’s gone for the full porcine makeover.

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Economists from Australia’s biggest bank said interest rates could rise following the Budget, which will spend an extra $6.5 billion.
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Increase to minimum wages threatens maximum pain

EDITORIAL: Beyond the celebrations of the nation’s 100,000 lowest paid workers, there is a portent of gloomier times and a genuine fear this blunt instrument will strike a blow to our fragile, inflated economy.

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Election losses and controversy (including a stint in jail) meant the flame-haired firebrand was labelled a joke by most Australians.
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Editorial

Labor’s Budget flub a boon for One Nation

Election losses and controversy (including a stint in jail) meant the flame-haired firebrand was labelled a joke by most Australians. 10 years on, Pauline Hanson cannot be considered a laughing matter.

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Housing Minister Clare O’Neil on Sunday became the latest from Canberra to offer an answer that actually answered little, other than showing the Government was never really ready to legislate the planned changes.
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The West Australian

Controversial tax plan causing one headache after another

EDITORIAL: Another day, more contention in Canberra around who will and who won’t be eligible for carve outs from controversial changes to capital gains tax.

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Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers are facing an uphill battle to sell the budget to voters.
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No sign of end to Budget chaos and confusion

The fact the Government has no mandate for the tax changes will keep the matter live.

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The Albanese Government has made clear in its determination to push on with the deeply flawed Budget that it has reached this point.
Editorial

Federal Budget push has put arrogance on display

The Albanese Government has made clear in its determination to push on with the deeply flawed Budget that it has reached this point.

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Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers, budget The Nightly
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Amid Budget chaos the inflation battle goes on

While the Government has had its hands full coping with a backlash to the Budget, the latest data is a reminder that the inflation battle and wider economy remain the major long-term issues.

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The poisonous mindsets that came to the surface on that terrible day at Bondi have not disappeared.
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Security failures before Bondi shootings emerge

The poisonous mindsets that came to the surface on that terrible day at Bondi have not disappeared.

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While complete honesty is an unrealistic expectation in politics, the Budget’s increases to property taxes may prompt voters to ask if they can believe anything politicians say.
Editorial

Back-to-front Budget mired in uncertainty

The real character of the Albanese Government is now fully revealing itself. And it is unbecoming, to say the least.

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Andrew Charlton said the new CGT system would hurt underfunded businesses. Martin Ollman
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Budget fix must hear hard-working mums and dads

A warning light is flashing in middle Australia where mum and dad teams and young small business owners have slogged it out to get a start.

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Anthony Albanese is defending the Budget after Chris Minns demanded more action to combat bracket creep. 
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Minns’ tax attack a reminder of the real issues

The tax-and-spend Albanese Government is allowing bracket creep to hurt the very people it says it is helping.

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It is already clear that Dr Chalmers’ Budget is deeply flawed. And perhaps unsalvageable.
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Chalmers’ masterclass on how not to deliver a Budget

EDITORIAL: It is already clear that Dr Chalmers’ document is deeply flawed. And perhaps unsalvageable.

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Either the Government or Parliament is going to have to unpick the document and fix it
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Budget in free-fall needs to be unpicked and fixed

Either the Government or Parliament is going to have to unpick the document and fix it

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In politics there can be a time when everything changes. For the Albanese Government that moment is now.
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The moment it changed for Albanese and Chalmers

In politics there can be a time when everything changes. For the Albanese Government that moment is now.

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