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Federal Budget 2017

Chris Bowen.

'A tax increase on working Australians'

Live
35 mins ago

Your budget at a glance

Budget 2017: Your five-minute guide

1 hr ago

These days, a budget that ignores the ACT seems cause for celebration.

The year the Coalition stopped smashing Canberra?

ANALYSIS
Markus Mannheim
22 mins ago

What the budget means to you

What the budget means to you

INTERACTIVE
1 hr ago

Department of Human Services boss Kathryn Campbell.

Who wins and who loses in the public service?

Tom McIlroy
46 mins ago

Scott Morrison will hand down his second budget as Treasurer on Tuesday.

ACT a bystander as Morrison spends big

Noel Towell
57 mins ago

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Public service misses out on Morrison's big spend

Noel Towell
59 mins ago

The 2017-18 Budget papers

Budget 2017: winners and losers

55 mins ago

Scott Morrison in his Treasury office building ahead of the 2017 budget.

Defence boosts staffing, takes razor to private sector spending

Doug Dingwall
49 mins ago

Treasurer Scott Morrison

Morrison targets banks, multinationals in dash for cash

Mark Hawthorne
1 hr ago

Rail focus to bring hope to fast-train enthusiasts

Kirsten Lawson
52 mins ago

What they said about the Turnbull-Morrison federal budget

1 hr ago

Surplus expected within four years

Sean Aylmer
18 mins ago

Federal budget 2017: full transcript of Morrison's speech

1 hr ago

Bank rout wipes out $13 billion in value in a day

Chief Minister Andrew Barr

ACT overlooked rather than attacked: Barr

Kirsten Lawson
30 mins ago

Budget Case Study. Bec Leala, Jeremy Leala, twins Nevaeh, Amarley and Cadence. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos

Medicare rebate freeze and childcare support welcomed

40 mins ago

Connie Johnson wants all Canberrans to bring their five cent coins to the Lyneham netball courts on Wednesday, May 10, ...

Wednesday is Connie Johnson's last hurrah

Greens co-deputy leader Larissa Waters soothes baby Alia Joy after breastfeeding her in the Senate.

Alia Joy is weeks old but she's just made Australian political history

Black Mountain School year 11 student Michael Levi makes a coffee at new cafe Six Degrees.

Canberra school launches cafe - complete with student baristas

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Budget 2017: Find out where the money is going

The MUJI hut is a nine square metre prefab cabin.

Pack your bags, and your accommodation, with the new Muji hut

Le Chateau des Palmiers.

Trump lists Caribbean mansion for $37.5 million

Six steps to making south-east Queensland a ...

9:17PM

Super tax concessions to speed Canberra home ...

9:42PM

ACT overlooked rather than attacked: Barr

9:22PM

The federal president of the Superannuated Commonwealth Officers' Association Dr Annette Barbetti.

Super and home downsizing plans welcomed for older Australians

42 mins ago

Revealed: Second power failure days after hospital switch fire

Moving tribute for former MLA killed in motorcycle crash

Generic childcare, toddler, preschool, kids, children, play. Thursday 1st September 2011 AFR photo Louie Douvis

'Get blood tests': High lead levels found at ACT childcare centre

UPDATED

Alistair Coe and Nicole Lawder, the Canberra Liberals' new leader and deputy.

The Canberra Liberals plan to win the next election. Here's how

Sarah, pictured with boyfriend Keelan, says she doesn't regret their decision to go on the reality show.

Canberra couple reveals relationship woes on national TV

The 27-year-old man will face court for an aggravated robbery charge.

Tip-offs from public lead to arrest of Holt's alleged barefoot bandit

A distressing incident at a NSW nursing home has led to a call for an inquiry.

Woman had maggots in mouth at nursing home

NSW

Daramalan College in Canberra is the most over-funded school in the country.

The Canberra schools losing funds revealed

The state claims Jason Edge was killed in a Clarkson home before his body was thrown into the ocean.

Perth drug dealer's body 'thrown into the ocean': court

WA

One of the Van Tassel girls pictured in the Evening News.

First flight taken in Brisbane was by a daredevil

QLD

A computer glitch has hit payments into the retirement savings of thousands of public servants.

Glitch hits super payments of thousands of public servants

Human Services Minister Alan Tudge says the debt recovery system is working.

Minister Alan Tudge cleared over release of robo-debt information

Airport fees have grown dramatically over the past 10 years.

How each department compares on public service travel bill

Treasurer Scott Morrison's second budget addresses key concerns.

Budget delivers promise of better days for Turnbull government

ANALYSIS
Paul Osborne
1 hr ago

Medicare rebates to increase as part of $10b healthcare package

1 hr ago

Increase in Medicare levy to fund gap in NDIS

The 2017-18 Budget papers

Treasurer can claim fairness, opportunity, but not much security

COMMENT
10 mins ago

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Surplus expected within four years thanks to faster economic growth

Sean Aylmer
18 mins ago

Scott Morrison in his Treasury office building ahead of the 2017 budget.

Defence boosts staffing, takes razor to private sector spending

Doug Dingwall
49 mins ago

Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.

It's a budget for millionaires: Labor

58 mins ago

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has repeatedly urged the killing of drug users and pushers.

Australia slams Philippines president over drug killings

Lindsay Murdoch

President-elect Emmanuel Macron and outgoing President Francois Hollande attend a ceremony to mark the Western allies' ...

Why the Macron hacking attack landed with a thud

'Bring Back Our Girls' campaigners celebrate the release of the kidnapped Chibok school girls.

Some abducted Chibok schoolgirls refuse to be 'freed', says negotiator

Sally Yates, former acting US attorney general, swears in to a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism ...

Yates warned that Flynn could be 'blackmailed'

The new Malcolm? The Prime Minister announces his school funding plan last week.

The four ages of Malcolm

COMMENT
Nicholas Stuart

Competitive markets work best when informed consumers choose an offering that best suits their needs.

Too many super funds are costing us dearly

Sally Loane

David Pope

The latest cartoons from David Pope

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Budget 2017: The winners and losers revealed

55 mins ago

Foreign buyers to be slugged a fee for having an empty property for six months or more than a year.

Foreign home buyers hit by vacancy tax and restrictions

Jennifer Duke
1 hr ago

Treasurer Scott Morrison is planning to impose a tax on interbank transactions, according to banking sources.

Budget caps off Black Tuesday for Australia's big banks

Mark Hawthorne
1 hr ago

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Budget surplus expected within four years

Sean Aylmer
18 mins ago

$75 billion infrastructure spending spree

1 hr ago

First-home buyers get 'super' saver scheme

Jennifer Duke
1 hr ago

Downsizing retirees given superannuation incentives

Tom McIlroy
42 mins ago

Treasurer promises 'better-paying jobs'

Staff Reporter

Treasurer Scott Morrison in the budget lockup at Parliament House.

First-home buyers get 'super' saver scheme to help with deposit

1 hr ago

Empty nesters have been reluctant to downsize.

Retirees given $300,000 incentive to downsize in Federal Budget

1 hr ago

Holley uses a hutch to display her shoe collection.

High standards, low budget: A cheapskate's guide to decorating

Research shows most seniors are emotionally attached to their home.

The hurdles stopping older Australians from downsizing

Le Chateau des Palmiers.

Trump lists Caribbean mansion for $37.5 million

For the founder of MWC, launching a watch company was as simple as quitting one job and starting a new one.

The little Aussie watch company taking on the luxury giants

Watches

Airbnb is targeting business travellers.

Hotel chains should be nervous about Airbnb's new function

Business Travel

Danica Hampton is Head of Investment Specialists at Citi Wealth

It's bonds to the rescue as the needle points up for interest rates

COMMENT
Danica Hampton

Adelaide-based wealth adviser Louise Pfeiffer, 39, has chosen a career and business that will maximise her ability to ...

Meet the 'effective altruists' who earn to give

Lindy Alexander

Jowan Osterlund from Biohax Sweden holds a small microchip implant, similar to those implanted in workers at the ...

Technology to drive future workplace trends

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Peter Strong, chief executive of the Council of Small Business of Australia, says further tax cuts are needed.

Tax, payments and banks - the small business budget wishlist

Cara Waters

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Trump was warned an aide may be open to blackmail

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Trump's million dollar travel costs

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Sharapova and Bouchard react to Madrid Open thriller

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Amazon sweeps US market for voice-controlled speakers

Alan Moir

Best of Fairfax cartoons, May 9

twin peaks stan

It is happening again. The new Twin Peaks premieres 22 May. Only on Stan.

billions stan

Brand new season of Billions - now streaming. Only on Stan.

Understanding your toddler's fine motor skills

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The business rules of attraction

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

Advertiser Content

Hugh Jackman and Dafne Keen accept the MTV award for best duo.

Nice guy Hugh Jackman scolded by Logan co-star for bad manners

Emma Watson, left, and Josh Gad accept the award for movie of the year for "Beauty and the Beast" at the MTV Movie and ...

Emma Watson wins first major gender-neutral movie award

Travis M. Andrews

Hidden Figures

Five myths Hollywood studio executives should stop repeating

Cara Buckley

Hard rock act Lordi, from Finland, perform at the 2006 Eurovision song contest.

Power ballads and metal: Myf Warhurst's top Eurovision acts

Myf Warhurst

Kit Harington as Jon Snow in <i>Game of Thrones</i>.

Australia to get its own Game of Thrones convention

Tim Richards

Girlboss Girlboss

Girlboss is aggressively charmless and desperately dry

Brad Newsome

Treasurer Scott Morrison during an interview with Fairfax Media journalists Peter Hartcher and James Massola ahead of ...

Why Channel Nine beeped Morrison during Oakes interview

Val Jellay appeared in a number of Australian television series, including <i>The Flying Doctors</i>, <i>Neighbours</i> ...

'She lived an amazing life': Flying Doctors star Val Jellay dies, aged 89

It's not too late to book a table for Mother's Day.

Last minute places to book for Mother's Day in Canberra

Telstra tower on Black Mountain in Canberra.

Seven things to do in Canberra this weekend

Sarah, pictured with boyfriend Keelan, says she doesn't regret their decision to go on the reality show.

Canberra couple reveals relationship woes on national TV

Lily Rose Depp, the daughter of French singer and model Vanessa Paradis and actor Johnny Depp, has walked for Chanel.

The next generation of supermodels and their famous model parents

"I felt a large shift in how I was treated when I was read as a man": Nevo Zisin.

What it's like for a teen girl to become a man

Nevo Zisin

Karl Stefanovic and Cassandra Thorburn pictured in 2012.

Karl Stefanovic's $6 million divorce settlement: reports

As a younger woman, I clung to friendships because I was afraid of being lonely.

Why I ended my toxic friendships

Mandy Appleyard

A long and rewarding career: Jane Fonda.

What Jane Fonda has learnt about life at age 79

Jan Janssen

In the dark: Kanye West.

Kanye's Twitter and Instagram accounts go dark

Conrad Hilton, left, seen here in 2008 with his mother Kathy Hilton and his father Rick Hilton, has been arrested in Los ...

Paris Hilton's younger brother Conrad arrested

A blasphemy probe is under way into Stephen Fry.

Stephen Fry in blasphemy probe by Irish police

It's not uncommon, but what can we learn from it?

Emotional eating: why we do it and how to manage it

Sarah Berry

Way before it was considered cool, our front and back yards were planted out with vegetables and fruit trees.

Secrets to happiness from a peasant lifestyle

Maria Milone

Committed or addicted? Just because a behaviour is "healthy" doesn't always mean we have a healthy approach to it.

Extreme health: When exercise becomes addiction

Sarah Berry

Neil Perry's carrot soup with coriander yoghurt.

A healthy twist on cream: 21 ways to eat yoghurt in savoury meals

Eggplant and scallop moussaka by Peter Conistis.

The mothers who made our great chefs

Char-grilled calzone stuffed with ajvar and slow-cooked pork.

Weekly meal planner - this pork calzone will make your year

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5 things my wife needs to know before we have a third baby

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Welcome to parenthood, sorry but you are no longer 'cool'

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The unexpected ways our children make us happy

Cattle class: Blighted by not enough space, bad air quality and grumpy passengers and flight attendants.

Why flying has become a pain in the back seat

Lee Tulloch

The low-cost carriers are the most likely to play hardball over carry-on allowances.

How flexible are airlines' carry-on baggage allowances?

Michael Gebicki

Silver Muse's pool deck, around which bar staff glide bearing colourful concoctions.

Silversea ups the luxury ante with new ship Silver Muse

Brian Johnston

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick.

Uber faces criminal probe over sneaky 'greyball' software

Dan Levine and Joseph Menn

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said the network hopes to cut down on the response time between when someone reports a ...

Facebook hiring 3000 to monitor live video violence

Hayley Tsukayama

Get used to Apple's less-turbocharged future. The tech giant still generates more profits than any other company, and it ...

Apple shifts out of fast lane, perhaps for good

COMMENT

The spate of global cyber espionage has unfolded largely under the public radar.

Entering 'golden age of espionage' for hackers

The Surface Laptop's affordable price, portability and features could appeal to a far broader audience-including Mac ...

Apple can't ignore Microsoft's slick, new Surface Laptop

2018 Ford Mustang.

2018 Ford Mustang spec leaked

Stephen Ottley

2017 Isuzu D-Max.

Is this the toughest dual-cab ute?

Andrew MacLean

2016 Kia Sportage SLi Diesel.

What SUV should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Jeep's Grand Cherokee Trailhawk offers outstanding off-road ability.

Which is the best Jeep Grand Cherokee model?

David McCowen

Reinvented: A Harley-Davidson, minus the famous v-twin.

Harley: 100 new bikes in 10 years

Andrew MacLean

Can use and re-use for Fairfax publications only including Online. Advertising/marketing are excluded. Images are ...

Top 10 tips for buying your first car

Alessandra Melville

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 29: Blake Austin of the Raiders looks dejected at fulltime during the round nine NRL match ...

How do the Raiders bounce back?

Podcast

The Raiders hope Josh Papalii's absence will be offset by Shannon Boyd's rapid recovery from injury.

Raiders get Boyd boost for bid to replace Papalii

44 mins ago

Scott Fardy at Brumbies training.

Brumbies shelve Wallabies hopes to resurrect season

42 mins ago

Women's Rugby sevens player Sharni Williams arrives?home from Brazil, at the Welcome Home Event for the Australian ...

Olympic champ returns to Canberra for rugby sevens bid

42 mins ago

Canberra Raiders' Josh Hodgson, Aidan Sezer and Josh Papalii on Tuesday. Photo: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Sezer hopes indigenous tributes overshadows NRL drama

43 mins ago

Eugenie Bouchard of Canada celebrates match point in her match against Maria Sharapova of Russia on day three of the ...

'Inspired' Bouchard wins Sharapova grudge match

Kieran Foran is expected to join the Bulldogs.

'It will be the Bulldogs for three years': Foran off to Belmore

UPDATED
35 mins ago

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 30: Adam Treloar of the Magpies looks to control the ball during the round two AFL match ...

Treloar in doubt for Giant clash against his former team

1 hr ago