Peter Dutton with shadow defence spokesman Andrew Hastie and Liberal industrial relations spokeswoman Michaelia Cash campaign in Perth on Wednesday.

Higher taxes needed as Coalition eyes extra $100 billion defence spend

The Coalition says its plan to lift defence spending will cost $21 billion. But its longer-term goal would make defence the second-largest budget cost.

  • Shane Wright andMatthew Knott

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Albanese and Dutton campaign launches

The moment Albanese and Dutton both jumped the shark

The third Sunday of the federal election campaign has been one of the costliest in history,as spending restraint by both sides was left in a roadside ditch.

  • Shane Wright
Coalition campaign spokesman James Paterson said public servants could get payouts to leave.

Coalition to pay public servants to leave in redundancy scheme

The latest tweak to the opposition’s policy comes days after it said that natural attrition and a hiring freeze would reduce the public service by 41,000 jobs.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Jim Chalmers Donald Trump

Trump’s tariff war will hit budget hard as turmoil costs Australia billions

Economic fallout from Donald Trump’s tariffs will hit whoever wins government,with Australia unable to escape the global economic slowdown.

  • Shane Wright andDavid Crowe
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Dutton dumps controversial plans to axe bureaucrats and end working from home

Dutton will face questions about whether the Coalition can find $7 billion in savings now that the party has ruled out forced redundancies from the public service.

  • Paul Sakkal
Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor delivers his post-budget reply at the National Press Club in Canberra.

Taylor dodges Press Club debate with Chalmers,pins budget repair on stronger economy

Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor has channelled the British Labour Party by betting on growth to repair the budget while shying away from debating Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

  • Shane Wright
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Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor will use a key speech on Wednesday to outline plans to make the public sector more pro-investment.

Angus Taylor’s plan for scissor gang to cut red tape

Government regulation and bureaucratic rules are in the Coalition’s sights as part of its plans to boost the national economy.

  • Shane Wright
Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese deserve some credit for our economic good fortunes.

Debt and deficit:Labor’s budget naysayers ignore the cold hard facts

When it comes to the budget,there’s been an element of good management as well as good luck,for which Chalmers and Albanese deserve some credit.

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Australia’s 47th parliament recapped.

Albanese started his prime ministership on a high. Then in one month,things started to unravel

A record-breaking election and one month that changed it all:we recap the highs and lows of the 47th parliament.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a press conference after visiting Government House to call for an election.

We’re prepared for election of small targets,which is deeply disappointing

Australians deserve better than the kind of visionless politics being dished up by the major parties.

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