The political message in this budget is breathtakingly simple. The broader policy plan is fiendishly complex.
Just spending money on handouts to bring down inflation is not Jim Chalmers’ main game.
Labor has unveiled its economic plan for the next four years and beyond. Here is a quick rundown of the essentials.
Australians will be able access a free digital mental health service whenever they need help under a federal response to demand for better mental health support.
A surge in veterans’ payments represents one of the biggest budget blowouts,alongside unexpected increases in disaster relief payments and childcare subsidies.
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Economists have warned that Labor’s budget spending could put pressure on the Reserve Bank to keep interest rates higher for longer.
The push – on federal budget day and ahead of the state’s own pre-election budget – calls for faster,not deeper,action on arrivals.
Four Vietnamese asylum seekers intercepted by Border Force off the coast of Broome last week were detained after 38 people from two other boats were also picked up.
The difficulty in politics is that at some point – and you never know when – the risk calculus flips. Tomorrow’s budget might tell us if we’re there yet.
While the Coalition has called on Labor to “take responsibility” for released detainees,Dutton would not comment on a decision made when he was home affairs minister.