Are you a winner or loser in this budget?

Are you a winner or loser in this budget?

Your guide to who gained the most – and who missed out – in Jim Chalmers’ third federal budget.

  • byThe Visual Stories Team

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Victorian budget 2024:Winners and losers

Victorian budget 2024:Winners and losers

Public or private school parent? Looking for your first home? Casual worker? See our full list of winners and losers.

  • byBroede Carmody andThe Visual Stories Team
‘Lifters,not leaners’:Analysing 123 years of Australia’s budget speeches

‘Lifters,not leaners’:Analysing 123 years of Australia’s budget speeches

We’ve used artificial intelligence to analyse one million words from 124 budget speeches from 40 treasurers since 1901. Here’s what we found.

  • byShane Wright,Matt Malishev andThe Visual Stories Team
From coffee cups to smartphones:How toxic chemicals crept into every part of your daily life

From coffee cups to smartphones:How toxic chemicals crept into every part of your daily life

They keep smudges off your mobile and make your frying pans non-stick. But forever chemicals are linked to cancer,lurking in your blood and nearly every corner of your home.

  • byCarrie Fellner andThe Visual Stories Team
Eighteen minutes of terror:Tracking the erratic movements of the Bondi Junction killer
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Bondi Junction attack

Eighteen minutes of terror:Tracking the erratic movements of the Bondi Junction killer

Joel Cauchi was just another face in the crowd. Without warning,he pulled a knife from his bag and lunged at his first victim. Chilling security vision captured his deadly path through Westfield.

  • byBen Cubby,Perry Duffin andThe Visual Stories Team
Six missed calls,mystery bank records and CCTV:Inside bombshell Lehrmann judgment
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Six missed calls,mystery bank records and CCTV:Inside bombshell Lehrmann judgment

Justice Michael Lee “trudged unyieldingly” through CCTV footage,phone logs,bank records,receipts – and hours of testimony. This is how he arrived at his ruling that Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn andThe Visual Stories Team
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The ‘road to nowhere’ that transformed Sydney

The ‘road to nowhere’ that transformed Sydney

There is an unheralded part of the city that is booming largely underpinned by the construction of the M2/M7.

  • byMatt Wade,Janie Barrett andThe Visual Stories Team
Brittany Higgins,Bruce Lehrmann and the 45 minutes at the centre of his defamation fight

Brittany Higgins,Bruce Lehrmann and the 45 minutes at the centre of his defamation fight

What happened in those crucial minutes sparked a frenzy of news,an aborted criminal trial and a multimillion-dollar lawsuit.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn andThe Visual Stories Team
‘Swimming in champagne’:A deep dive into the magic of NSW ocean pools

‘Swimming in champagne’:A deep dive into the magic of NSW ocean pools

Our love affair with these pools stretches back almost 200 years. But many now face a new threat.

  • byJordan Baker andThe Visual Stories Team
Australia’s bushfire history:How a nation has burned over 40 years

Australia’s bushfire history:How a nation has burned over 40 years

Australia is no stranger to fire,with some areas burning more frequently and severely than others.

  • byThe Visual Stories Team andLaura Chung
Sydney’s dirty little secret:polluted underground air revealed

Sydney’s dirty little secret:polluted underground air revealed

The Herald conducted air quality tests at 16 train stations – and the results are alarming.

  • byNigel Gladstone andThe Visual Stories Team