Angus Taylor’s response to the One Nation sweep of Farrer didn’t sound like someone who understands that the current shake-up in Australian politics is a permanent shift, not a blip.
From fuel prices and tax offsets to housing and healthcare, economists say some of the budget measures Australians notice first may not deliver lasting relief.
Iran says it is still weighing its response to the US peace proposal, but none was reported by mid-afternoon in Washington, just before midnight in Tehran.
Treasurers usually play a careful game of expectations management ahead of budgets so they can pull a rabbit out of their hat on the night and dazzle everyone. Not so this year.
Voters in the New South Wales seat of Farrer are poised to make history this weekend by electing a One Nation candidate to Federal Parliament’s lower house for the first time.