An extra $25 billion not enough to guarantee more budget surpluses

An extra $25 billion not enough to guarantee more budget surpluses

Jim Chalmers will deliver his third budget on May 14. Extra tax,which has bolstered the past two budgets,won’t be enough to offset extra spending.

  • byShane Wright

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Finance Minister Katy Gallagher reveals taking antidepressants after personal tragedy

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher reveals taking antidepressants after personal tragedy

Katy Gallagher has told former prime minister Julia Gillard she hit the “bottom of the bottom” after the tragic death of her fiance.

  • byOlivia Ireland
$50b clawed back from waste and rorts not enough to solve ‘truly wicked problem’

$50b clawed back from waste and rorts not enough to solve ‘truly wicked problem’

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher’s spending audit has found $50 billion in savings and redirected spending over the last two budgets. Economists say more needs to be done.

  • byRachel Clun
‘Do you want me to speak or not? I am the prime minister’:Albanese caught on film

‘Do you want me to speak or not? I am the prime minister’:Albanese caught on film

ABC footage shows the prime minister asking rally organiser Sarah Williams if she wanted him to speak just before his comments to the crowd prompted her furious outburst.

  • byOlivia Ireland
Albanese’s big test as leader is responding to women’s anger. So far,it’s a bad look

Albanese’s big test as leader is responding to women’s anger. So far,it’s a bad look

Scott Morrison must be feeling either empathy or schadenfreude as he watches Albanese cop bad press for his handling of a rally.

  • byJacqueline Maley
‘A rape happened in this building’:What the Higgins finding could mean for body to punish politicians,staff

‘A rape happened in this building’:What the Higgins finding could mean for body to punish politicians,staff

Minister for Women Katy Gallagher says the much-delayed parliamentary standards commission could punish MPs,senators,staffers and others in the building for serious breaches such as sexual assault.

  • byOlivia Ireland
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Docking rogue politicians’ pay ‘just a slap on the wrist’:Lidia Thorpe

Docking rogue politicians’ pay ‘just a slap on the wrist’:Lidia Thorpe

‘Whatever,let the purge begin’. Some Coalition MPs think a new parliamentary watchdog would be used to pursue vendettas,but Lidia Thorpe says it should be a lot tougher.

  • byOlivia Ireland
Badly behaved politicians face docked pay,suspension under proposed new code

Badly behaved politicians face docked pay,suspension under proposed new code

Politicians who breach parliamentary workplace standards could be fined up to $10,853,according to a leaked draft of new laws.

  • byOlivia Ireland
Do better on equality or lose $70 billion in government work,minister warns business

Do better on equality or lose $70 billion in government work,minister warns business

Minister for Finance and Women Katy Gallagher said gender equality improvements will be important when it comes to winning government contracts.

  • byRachel Clun
The ‘deputy PMs’:Claims Albanese’s powerful inner circle is shutting out ministers

The ‘deputy PMs’:Claims Albanese’s powerful inner circle is shutting out ministers

A government minister has complained to Anthony Albanese about the influence of senior public servants,while the power of Penny Wong and Katy Gallagher has continued to grow.

  • byJames Massola andShane Wright
Superannuation has a huge divide. This change will help fix it

Superannuation has a huge divide. This change will help fix it

The government will seek to close a gap in retirement savings between men and women by paying super on top of parental leave.

  • byRachel Clun