Jobless rate down, but Australians are working fewer hours
We're putting in fewer hours than we were six months ago according to latest labour force figures.
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Peter Martin
Peter Martin is the economics editor for The Age, based at Parliament House
The 2017 budget's inconvenient truth
Adjusted for tricks, there's no chance of a surplus for a long time.
At last they're governing, but ducking hard decisions
Scott Morrison and Malcolm Turnbull have got back into the business of governing.
One-stop complaints scheme for banks and insurers tipped in federal budget
The budget will make it easier to complain about banks
Surplus, AAA rating at risk in homebuyer-friendly budget
The budget outlook will improve and then get worse, weighed down by spending says Deloitte Access Economcis
Pushing up prices may help home buyers
Every scheme being considered would push prices higher.
Budget reporting change sparks debt spree concerns
Leading economists have expressed unease about a budget reporting change.
Bowen says Labor looking at similar 'good debt' 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.
Finally, we could have a budget that will do something
Tuesday week, Morrison and Turnbull will no longer be as limited by concern about budget deficit.
New budget rules allow Treasurer to boost spending on big projects
Treasurer is preparing the ground for a big new spend on infrastructure in the May budget.
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