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Jim Chalmers has revealed the latest Intergenerational Report 24 years after Peter Costello's first.
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Chalmers slaps down baby bonus to reverse fertility crisis

The Treasurer said he would not tell Australians that they should have children despite his department warning on Monday deaths will outpace births within 40 years.

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Treasury expects fertility levels to plunge to a new record low during the next 40 years.

Senior Libs resist calls to revive controversial baby bonus

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David Koch wants Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock to calculate and publish what proportion of official interest rates are due to government spending.
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Kochie delivers some home truths for smooth-talking Chalmers

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The Reserve Bank’s chief economist Sarah Hunter has given a strong hint borrowers will be copping another interest rate rise next week.

RBA chief economist drops hint about looming rate pain

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Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese leaves after speaking to journalists at a press conference ahead of the United Nations General Assembly in New York,
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Australia faces economic and demographic stagnation

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Trump rips into CNN before unveiling his bizarre new name for AI.

Trump blows up at CNN before announcing bizarre AI rebrand

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Journalist Vaughn Hillyard, White House correspondent for MS NOW, reports across the street from the White House in Washington DC.

US press joins forces to boycott Trump after media ban

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says all Iranian airlines "will be shut down around the world".

‘War not over’: Iran threatens new weapons and targets

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CNN, MS NOW and Politico have started stationing reporters across the street from the White House. (EPA PHOTO)

Trump sued by major news outlets over shock White House ban

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Penny Wong and Anthony Albanese in New York.
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Wong’s warning to Trump, Xi over nuclear-style limits on AI

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American companies should be celebrating. China is on the verge of a grand opening of its markets to them, claims Donald Trump. 

Will Trump’s Chinese market hype prove itself a paper tiger?

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Supporters of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) gather with German flags to hear AfD lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund speak.
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Nostalgia and lost pride: The fuel for Europe’s far right

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will call for global action against climate change in a UN speech.

‘Match their bravery’: PM to push climate action at UN

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