Politics

The United States could end the month-old ceasefire and resume its attacks on Iran, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.

JENI O’DOWD: Tuesday’s Federal Budget confirmed what many Australians already suspected: despite mounting pressure on housing, infrastructure and the cost of living, Labor has no intention of slowing migration.

Economists from Australia’s biggest bank said interest rates could rise following the Budget, which will spend an extra $6.5 billion.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers are betting their massive majority can succeed where Bill Shorten’s controversial tax agenda once failed.

There are positive and negatives for homeowners in this year’s Federal Budget. Here’s everything you need to know.

Sweeping changes to property taxes will likely anger housing investors, with the government bracing for a furore of criticism over The Budget overhaul.

Heading to China for their first meeting in six months, US President Donald Trump says he does not need President Xi Jinping's help with Iran.

A Budget formed against the backdrop of a massive oil shock from a foreign war, has also given a government accused of standing for nothing a chance to boldly break promises.

Australia is expected to add another 1.4 million people over the next four years

Australia will push ahead with its plan to deliver the Henderson ship building precinct south of Perth with an initial $12 billion allocated in this year’s Federal Budget.

Ben Harvey decodes what Treasurer Jim Chalmers said in his Budget speech … and what he actually meant.

AARON PATRICK: Feeling prosperous? Dream of becoming rich? Adverse towards higher taxes? This is not your Budget.

It was billed as the Budget that would restore intergenerational equity, but it has left baby boomers and family trust holders seething.

Investors will be slugged billions in additional tax while working Australians will receive modest relief under a Budget Treasurer Jim Chalmers is hailing as the ‘most ambitious’ in decades.