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The Latest Breaking News from Jim Chalmers

The prime minister has repeatedly denied claims he made a racist comment against pre-selection opponent in 2007 but Labor says nobody believes him.

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PM and Albanese primed for poll showdown

Scott Morrison was in Tasmania just days out from firing the starting gun for the May election, while Anthony Albanese held a Labor rally in Brisbane.

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Jacqui Lambie unloads on Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Q+A over Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells and the federal budget

On Q+A, independent senator Jacqui Lambie suggests outgoing Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells has been unfairly ousted due to her sex, and backs the claims Senator Fierravanti-Wells made about the Prime Minister's alleged poor character.

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PM issues budget challenge to Albanese

Labor leader Anthony Albanese will hand down his budget reply on Thursday night, but the opposition has stressed it won't be an alternative budget.

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Anthony Albanese labels federal budget a ‘cynical exercise’ aimed only at re-election

Labor says the 2022-23 budget is ‘not a plan for Australia’s future’ and promises to focus on health and long-term planning in budget reply

The Guardian - AU

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers on the budget Labor can't oppose

The opposition is criticising the government’s “giveaway” budget but, predictably, with the election close, is not opposing its cost of living package, which includes a temporary cut in full excise and billions of dollars for low and middle income taxpayers, pensioners and welfare recipients.

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Budget 2022 as it happened: Josh Frydenberg addresses National Press Club to sell election budget

With an election looming, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg uses his address at the National Press Club to convince Australians his government's budget is the way forward for the country.

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Labor takes aim at 're-election' budget

Labor has hit back at the federal government's big-spending budget featuring billions of dollars worth of tax offsets, cash payments and fuel excise relief.

AAP

Budget won't address cost of living: Labor

Labor and the Greens have taken aim at Tuesday's budget for trying to buy votes ahead of the upcoming federal election.

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Federal budget 2022: Josh Frydenberg promises cash splash for households with billions on offer

Extra tax cut for 10 million low and middle income workers worth up to $420 – while fuel excise will be slashed for next six months

The Guardian - AU

Paul Bongiorno: Morrison and Frydenberg’s best last chance looms

The expectations of Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg repeating their escape from the political pickle they are in with the budget are low.

The New Daily

Pre-election cash splash underpins budget

Australians will get one-off cash handouts and tax breaks and pay less for fuel under a raft of pre-election sweeteners announced in the federal budget.

AAP

Australian budget 2022: Coalition unveils $17.9bn pre-election cash splash on road and rail projects

Largest new spending is $3.1bn for Melbourne Intermodal Terminal with package also allocating $140m for a regional road safety program

The Guardian - AU

Morrison wins battle to head off rank-and-file preselections, as government readies to deliver vote-bait budget

Scott Morrison finally got his way at the weekend when the Liberal federal executive agreed to candidates for several key NSW seats being picked by a three-person committee rather than the rank and file having their say.

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Labor ‘unlikely’ to oppose fuel excise cut, Federal Budget splashes $18b on roads and rail

Labor is hinting it will support key Coalition budget measures designed to ease the cost of living, including a temporary cut to the fuel excise.

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison spruiks cost of living package as expectations of fuel excise cut grow

Coalition extends apprenticeship wage subsidy ahead of Tuesday night’s budget, which is expected to offer financial assistance to households

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Josh Frydenberg hints at fuel excise cut, with budget expected to address cost of living

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg all but confirms motorists will be given relief at the petrol pump under a package of cost-of-living measures in Tuesday's federal budget.

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s Katy Gallagher says ‘mean girls’ label ‘diminishes women’; 11 virus deaths – as it happened

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Grattan on Friday: what comes after this grinding election campaign passes?

Political observers hang out for when the prime minister will announce the election date, marking the start of the “campaign”.

AAP

Budget to be political announcement: Labor

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has labelled the upcoming federal budget as just a government political announcement before the election.

ABC News

Advocacy groups calls for Labor to keep parental leave superannuation pledge

Labor may dump its 2019 election promise to pay superannuation on Commonwealth-funded parental leave, though it is facing pressure to keep the commitment.

The Guardian - AU

Labor government would present second 2022 budget to correct ‘decade of rorts and waste’, shadow treasurer says

Jim Chalmers says if elected, an Albanese government will deliver a ‘proper’ budget before the end of the year to amend ‘damage of the last 10 years’

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Not the time to switch to austerity: Labor

Shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers says he would aim to get his first budget out before the end of the year should Labor win the May election.

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Labor keen for economic election contest

Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers is keen for a contest on the economy in the upcoming election, calling the government's scare campaigns ridiculous.

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Speculation on Tudge’s future; integrity commission plans shelved – as it happened

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