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‘Desperate’: One Nation lashes coalition policy
The coalition’s pitch to crack down on the number of migrants to ease pressure on limited housing supply has been criticised as a repeat of One Nation policy.
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Migration crackdown and housing boost in budget reply
Angus Taylor is preparing to give his first budget reply speech since taking over as opposition leader, with several policies already announced.
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Coalition budget reply to link housing, migration rates
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor will outline further details of a promised crackdown on migration in his first-ever budget reply speech.
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PM’s generational housing gamble
A fight is brewing over housing policy and tax after the federal government handed down a controversial budget, paring back concessions for landlords.
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Labor tucks away $77b war chest for further tax cuts
A new $250-a-year tax offset gives the government an option to return bracket creep directly to working Australians, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says.
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Biggest winners and losers from federal budget revealed
There are big changes in Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ fifth federal budget, and not everyone will be happy. Here’s what you need to know.
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Bush exodus: search for affordable homes
Australians are leaving the cities for inland areas as growing house prices shift migration patterns, bringing positive and negative flow-on effects.
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Targets and tests firm up for migrants under budget
A push for fewer, more skilled migrants and a more robust migration system has been outlined in the 2026/27 federal budget.
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Investor tax hikes boost ownership, hit supply
Extra funding for enabling infrastructure in the budget will offset a shortfall in housing supply due to a controversial tax package, the government says.
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Small businesses win as popular supports locked
Two supports for small businesses will be made permanent as part of a $3.5 billion tax relief package outlined in the federal budget.
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Tax relief for workers and pain for investors in budget
Australians who earn a wage will get $250 in tax relief as part of Labor’s budget, but investors and wealthy families could be left worse off.
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Budget will take ‘hard road of reform’, Labor says
Australia’s bottom line will receive a major improvement, as Labor sets its sights on tackling intergenerational inequity through tax and housing reforms.
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‘Time has come’: Shorten backs budget’s broken promise
After unsuccessfully campaigning on negative gearing changes while Labor leader, Bill Shorten says he would welcome a policy shift in the Federal Budget.
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‘Need to do more’: Labor housing reform pledge
Australians are under financial pressure, and the government cannot “just sit back”, the prime minister says, as his treasurer prepares to hand down the budget.
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What is negative gearing? Tax changes in the budget
Changes to negative gearing, capital gains tax and family trusts are expected to be unveiled in the Federal Budget.
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Reserve Bank watching the devil in the Budget detail
Just what treasurer Jim Chalmers has in store for the economy could well influence any further interest rate moves.
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‘Inflationary’ WA handouts could inflame GST debate
A Western Australian family of five with three school-aged children will receive up to $950 cash in cost-of-living relief from the state budget.
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Billions more set in train for contentious rail project
Extra billions of dollars will be poured into a suburban rail loop as part of Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ fifth federal budget.
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‘Decline’: housing downturn looms
Higher rates and affordability pressures are threatening to push the housing market into a decline, with prices in the two biggest cities already on the slide.
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Inflation, growth, rates hinge on conflict’s end
The central bank, which raised interest rates on Tuesday, has released its latest set of quarterly economic forecasts and the news is not great.
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Lenders told to ‘support customers’ facing hard times
Lenders must watch out for customers because the corporate regulator won’t take a backward step as households face hardship, the outgoing ASIC chair will warn.