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Vaping rules to be eased under Coalition government
The Coalition has confirmed it would allow vapes to be sold at retail stores, tax the products and regulate the…
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Coalition to release ‘materially better, in double digits’ budget costings
The Coalition is making a last-minute claim for the mantle of superior economic management with a promise its deficits would…
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Breaking: Labor demands Coalition costings and claims $1b in deficit reduction
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the budget will be about $1 billion better off over four years compared to the March…
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Battle over windfalls in ‘hold my beer’ election that consigns fiscal rectitude to history books
There was a time when the political class strived to balance budgets after lean years. Seemingly long forgotten, as all…
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‘Smart politics, dumb policy’: Chalmers, Taylor to debate economic future
Greens leader Adam Bandt has joined economists in criticising the housing policy pitches of both Labor and the Coalition, labelling…
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Will PM Dutton raise the petrol price in his first budget? That’s tomorrow’s problem
Election 2025: Opening sequence. Peter Dutton stands on a Canberra roadside, wearing a “Cheap Fuel Now! Ask Me How!” sandwich…
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What are non-compete clauses and why are economists so keen to abolish them?
A proposed ban on non-compete clauses for most workers was one of the budget’s rare surprises, which wasn’t flagged until…
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Budget forecasts may be blown away by Trump tariff war
Former Reserve Bank deputy governor Guy Debelle once quoted Door’s frontman Jim Morrison in a speech when the fallout from…
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Live: Budget a ‘missed opportunity’ on cost of living relief, Greens say
2m agoTue 25 Mar 2025 at 8:14pm Coming up on Radio National… Turn up the radio dial! Sabra Lane on…
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Staring down years of deficits, Chalmers spruiks budget as a ‘platform for prosperity’
With an expected decade of deficits on the horizon, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will try to convince voters that Tuesday’s federal…
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