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One-stop complaints scheme for banks and insurers tipped in federal budget
The budget will make it easier to complain about banks
Peter Martin is the economics editor for The Age, based at Parliament House
The budget will make it easier to complain about banks
The budget outlook will improve and then get worse, weighed down by spending says Deloitte Access Economcis
Every scheme being considered would push prices higher.
Leading economists have expressed unease about a budget reporting change.
Labor leader Bill Shorten says the federal government is moving the budget goal posts because it has failed to get debt under control, lashing its plan to divide the federal budget into "good" and "bad" debt.
Tuesday week, Morrison and Turnbull will no longer be as limited by concern about budget deficit.
Treasurer is preparing the ground for a big new spend on infrastructure in the May budget.
Only a minority of economists surveyed support setting aside gas for Australian users
The IMF changes tack as the budget approaches.
Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe intervenes in the debate over tax and home prices before the May budget.
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