Federal Budget 2019 LIVE:Josh Frydenberg announces $7.1 billion surplus declaring Australia is'back on track'

Federal Budget 2019 LIVE:Josh Frydenberg announces $7.1 billion surplus declaring Australia is'back on track'

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is delivering his maiden budget as the government makes a pitch to voters ahead of next month's election.

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Labor's emissions policy does not have to be a carbon tax to have a cost

Labor's emissions policy does not have to be a carbon tax to have a cost

Bill Shorten’s new climate change policy asks Australian companies to make a huge effort to cut their greenhouse gas emissions in a way that is certain to come at a cost.

  • byDavid Crowe
Business divided on'ambitious'Labor carbon cuts plan

Business divided on'ambitious'Labor carbon cuts plan

Manufacturers are confident ALP's plan can cut emissions while protecting the importance of protecting the Australian economy. The mining industry disagrees.

  • byNick Toscano andDarren Gray
The election debate we need

The election debate we need

Could Australians'waning trust in institutions change what they want from political parties?

  • byAndrew Podger
Taxpayer-funded electioneering

Taxpayer-funded electioneering

Department heads are failing to adequately vet the advertising campaigns they approve.

  • byRichard Mulgan
'I'm really frustrated':Liberal hopeful slams party's selection process for key Sydney seat

'I'm really frustrated':Liberal hopeful slams party's selection process for key Sydney seat

Scott Morrison is expected to make a captain's pick for the marginal seat of Reid ahead of calling the imminent election.

  • byMichael Koziol
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'I’m hungry to start the work':Bill Shorten's five-year journey has just weeks left to run

'I’m hungry to start the work':Bill Shorten's five-year journey has just weeks left to run

Stone by stone,Bill Shorten and his team have added so many promises they now have a mountain to climb if they win power.

  • byDavid Crowe
Tony Abbott says Coalition should still give preferences to'constructive'One Nation

Tony Abbott says Coalition should still give preferences to'constructive'One Nation

The former prime minister said he stood by his recommendation to preference One Nation above Labor and the Greens.

  • byMichael Koziol
Markets to spurn pre-election federal budget

Markets to spurn pre-election federal budget

Josh Frydenberg faces delivering a budget that will be ignored by markets and analysts while being overrun by growing economic headwinds.

  • byShane Wright andEryk Bagshaw
Bill Shorten demands Coalition sign racism'code of conduct'amid One Nation war

Bill Shorten demands Coalition sign racism'code of conduct'amid One Nation war

The Opposition Leader will use recent events to step up pressure on Prime Minister Scott Morrison over racism and Islamophobia.

  • byFergus Hunter andMichael Koziol
Greens lift 2030 renewable target to 100 per cent,would revive carbon price

Greens lift 2030 renewable target to 100 per cent,would revive carbon price

Carbon-free electricity and a halt to thermal coal exports - both by 2030 - and the revival of an economy-wide carbon price top the climate policies the Greens will campaign on at the upcoming federal election,

  • byPeter Hannam