Mixed results from first post-budget auction weekend
The treasurer and prime minister are doing a sales job on government attempts to boost housing supply as property investors chew budget changes to tax breaks.
The policies shaping our future
The treasurer and prime minister are doing a sales job on government attempts to boost housing supply as property investors chew budget changes to tax breaks.
A state has been warned climate change-linked weather hazards endanger almost a fifth of the value of major infrastructure assets.
New jobs data expected to be steady despite impact of events in the Middle East and inflationary pressures.
More than half of poll respondents said they would be worse off with this budget while another poll has Angus Taylor as preferred Prime Minister.
The universities sector, which relies heavily on fee-paying foreign students, says coalition plans to cut immigration would hurt the economy and cost jobs.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is forecast to post a positive gain in jobs when it publishes new data, as economists mull over sweeping tax changes.
The government has conceded its budget is unlikely to win immediate support from voters as Labor and Liberals taking aim at each other’s policies.
Pitting investors against first home buyers in the name of intergenerational equity, Labor's fifth budget aims to address young people's housing struggles.
A bid to overhaul emergency services funding could result in property owners paying hundreds of dollars for a land tax in one state.
Despite being accused of taking local jobs, overseas migrants create better workforce security and bolster the Australian economy, farming groups say.