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'Sustainable': push to keep low-paid from falling back

Almost three million Australian workers are being backed to receive higher pay, but the federal government says it must be economically sustainable.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Leigh on more productive work in the age of AI

Australia’s productivity performance has stagnated for years, and Treasurer Jim Chalmers has declared addressing this is a second term priority.

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Price says some Liberals still back nuclear – as it happened

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Consumers in crossfire despite US-China trade war truce

An index measuring consumer sentiment is improving after the US tariff announcements, but Australians are warned the economic impact still remains uncertain.

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Labor wants to boost productivity. Does this mean Australians need to work even harder?

Productivity is down and it’s hurting the economy and your salary. Here’s how treasurer Jim Chalmers plans to try and fix that

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From tragedy to triumph: Ali France and the ‘remarkable women’ who delivered a slew of Labor wins in Queensland

Seven female Labor candidates, ‘enough for an entire netball team’, have won seats in the sunshine state, with Anika Wells praising the party for ‘empowering women’

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Second-term Albanese will face policy pressure, devastated Liberals have only bad options

On February 1, on The Conversation’s podcast, Anthony Albanese not only declared that Labor would retain majority government, but held out the prospect it could win the Victorian Liberal seats of Menzies and Deakin.

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Australian PM Basks In Win, Vows 'Orderly' Government

Australia's left-leaning Prime Minister Anthony Albanese basked Sunday in his landslide election win, promising a "disciplined, orderly" government to confront cost-of-living pain and tariff turmoil.

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Coalition look to pick up pieces after election blowout

The search is on for a new Liberal leader after Peter Dutton lost his seat, as the coalition comes to terms with its devastating whitewash at the ballot box.

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‘The chicken ain’t squawking’: the best quotes of Australian election night 2025

An unprecedented Labor win sparked stirring words of victory from the party, and dejected – and sometimes feisty – words from the defeated

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Coalition costings reveal larger deficit over coming two years with cuts to foreign aid and environment programs

Long-awaited costings of more than 200 policies show Coalition would gut long list of environment and clean energy programs if returned to power

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Economists slam major parties over timing of costings

The coalition has been criticised for releasing its costings just two days out from polling but Labor did the same during the 2022 election when in opposition.

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Inflation is easing, boosting the case for another interest rate cut in May

Australia’s headline inflation rate held steady at a four-year low of 2.4% in the March quarter, according to official data, adding to the case for a cut in interest rates at the next Reserve Bank board meeting in May.

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Rate cut likely as underlying inflation falls within RBA target range

Headline inflation – which includes the impact of government cost-of-living policies such as rebates – held steady at 2.4% in the year to March

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Labor defends plan to save $6.4bn by cutting more consultants as experts call it a ‘lazy option’

While the government’s savings are a ‘worthy target’, achieving them ‘may not be a straightforward process’, some say

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Labor releases election promise costings including saving of $6.4bn from cutting more consultants

A re-elected Labor government would also claw back $760m by increasing the cost of student visa applications

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Election Diary: Labor to slash more consultant costs and increase visa charges to pay for fresh election commitments

The government has dug out last-minute savings of more than A$7 billion, to ensure its election commitments are more than offset in every year of the forward estimates.

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Big and small spending included in Labor costings, but off-budget items yet to be revealed

The federal budget will be stronger than suggested in last month’s budget, according to Treasurer Jim Chalmers who released Labor’s costings on Monday.

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Afternoon Update Election 2025: Labor’s policy costings; marginal seat blitz; and another Coalition auto bungle

Jim Chalmers labelled Peter Dutton the ‘biggest risk’ to Australia’s AAA credit rating and household budgets

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Students and hire staff pay for Labor election pledges

Labor reveals how it would balance the federal budget with its election promises as a global agency warns government spending could trigger a credit downgrade.

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Businesses decry glaring omission from election debate

Small businesses say conditions are the toughest they've ever been and election promises will do little to help, with action on insurance costs notably absent.

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Trump uncertainty set to smash Australian economy

Australia is not following the "bouncing ball" of Donald Trump's daily shifts, the treasurer says, amid predictions of a bigger-than-expected economic hit.

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Coalition unpacks tax hike plan to fund defence splurge

Peter Dutton has promised a coalition government would raise defence spending and rely on higher income taxes to partially fund the pledge.

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'Part of me': PM reflects on faith after Pope's death

Anthony Albanese has paid tribute to Pope Francis for his humility and embrace of social justice following the pontiff's death.

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Senator targeted in deepfake kiss clip with Alan Jones

Deepfakes have made their unwanted presence known in the election campaign with a viral image of a coalition senator and a retired shock jock.

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