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Pre-election budget conjures up big spend

Josh Frydenberg has produced a budget with smaller deficits - albeit still a long way from surplus - alongside generous spending ahead of the federal election.

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Cheaper fuel and one-off cost-of-living payments in federal government's pre-election budget

A halving of the tax paid on fuel and a one-off cost-of-living payment headline a big spending pre-election budget the Coalition hopes will secure it a fourth term in power.

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Federal budget: $100m to kickstart Newcastle hydrogen hub

The Coalition will help seed a 'transformational' energy project which will help the Hunter economy transition away from coal.

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Treasurer delivers budget speech – as it happened

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The Loop: One-off cash payment revealed ahead of budget announcement, Russian oligarch's suspected poisoning, Will Smith apologises to Chris Rock

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Budget 2022: Paid parental leave boost and cash payments for pensioners while climate change spending to fall

Federal government spending on climate change will be cut by 35 per cent over the next four years. Look back on 2022 budget night in our live blog.

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Australia govt splashes cash to soothe voters' cost-of-living angst

Australia's government is aiming to use billions in budget goodies to offset cost of living pressures for disgruntled voters ahead of an election in May, but the consumer mood may already be too dark for the ploy to gain much traction.

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The 2022 Budget Will Be Revealed Tonight So Will The Govt Make Anything In Our Lives Cheaper?

The 2022 budget will be unveiled on Tuesday so do economists predict the government do anything to help lower the cost of living right now?

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Australia to increase spending on defense and security

Australia's Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the government's upcoming budget will increase spending on defense and national security while reducing household expenses

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The Loop: Fuel tax cut expected in the budget, evacuations for flood-hit areas, Phil Collins quits and why 536 might be the worst year ever

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This budget, amid talk of deficits, consider the lessons we ought to have learned

A decade ago, and years before Treasurer Josh Frydenberg promised a budget that was “back in the black”, Prime Minister Julia Gillard promised the same thing.

The Conversation

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

Michael Pascoe: Morrison’s gone, cynical Frydenberg trying to save the furniture

Scott Morrison is gone. Anthony Albanese will win the election. Josh Frydenberg is fighting to save some of the furniture. There, it’s been said.

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.

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Smaller deficits even as treasurer spends

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has banked the windfall from strong economic growth, low unemployment and a spike in commodity prices.

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Cost-of-living package the centrepiece of Josh Frydenberg's fourth budget

Josh Frydenberg's fourth federal budget will forecast an improved bottom line, with deficits expected to shrink by tens of billions of dollars, and unemployment predicted to reach 50-year lows.

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Federal budget shows 3.75pct jobless rate

The federal budget will forecast the unemployment rate falling to 3.75 per cent later this year, well below what was expected just a few months ago.

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What if the 2022 federal election gives us a hung parliament, but those with the balance of power want Morrison gone?

Most commentators on the coming federal election probably see a hung parliament and a minority government as one possible outcome. There is already a crossbench of seven, with five independents plus Liberal defector Craig Kelly for the United Australia Party and Greens leader Adam Bandt.

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Pre-election budget to ease cost of living

Tuesday night's federal budget is expected to include a cut to the fuel excise as well as assistance for more first home buyers.

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Many struggle to meet health costs: survey

Many financially disadvantaged Australians and those with chronic conditions face difficulty meeting healthcare costs, a survey of 5000 adults shows.

The Guardian - AU

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 New Daily

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

AAP

Budget to provide practical household help

Economists expect a much-improved bottom line when Treasurer Josh Frydenberg hands down his fourth budget on Tuesday.

ABC News

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.

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