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COMMENT
Federal budget
Spending cuts? Perish the thought... This budget is just too good to be true
If you believe Malcolm Turnbull's luck can turn on a sixpence, this is the budget for you. From now on, everything's coming good. It's blue skies ahead. Things will be so good that we can have everything we want. Right?
- by Ross Gittins
More top stories
Radical tax plan revealed: cuts in store for 10 million
Workers are set to benefit from lower taxes under a plan that will cost an extraordinary $140b over next decade.
- by David Crowe
The winners and losers from the 2018 federal budget
A look at the areas you care about most as the Turnbull government loosens the purse strings ahead of a likely election.
Victoria secures airport rail spending, but trouble looms
Biggest infrastructure spend in Victoria for decades may create more animosity between state, federal governments.
- by Noel Towell
The things that matter: Your five-minute budget guide
Sector by sector, point by point: The key facts from the federal budget, delivered at a glance.
Breaking
Iran
Trump pulls out of 'decaying, rotten' Iran nuclear deal
After months of threatening to abandon the 'insane' deal, Trump has made a decision that will affect the entire world.
- by Rachel Olding
LIVE
Melbourne
One arrested, one on run: Car driven erratically across city
White Mercedes monitored by police across Melbourne's western suburbs before being stopped in Docklands.
- by Robyn Grace
Featured
Opinion & Perspectives
During AMP's evisceration, it was kill or be killed
After Monday's market closed, AMP's chief of staff received the vote tally that would decide the fate of three directors.
Elizabeth Knight
If anyone should be left off boards it should be men
Critics have seized on Catherine Brenner's fall from grace as proof women aren't up to work in the boardroom - the evidence tell us that is dead wrong.
Jenna Price
Trump dodged the real heroes, but may yet come unstuck
The Daniels affair has had some staying power, in no small part thanks to her savvy — even Trumpian — approach to media.
Nicole Hemmer
AFL
Hawkins gets one match for umpire contact
Tom Hawkins issued a message of respect towards umpires after being banned for Sunday's clash with Collingwood.
- by Daniel Cherny
Updated
Essendon
Joe Daniher out for at least a month with osteitis pubis
Joe Daniher’s will miss at least a month with osteitis pubis.
- by Sam McClure & Ronny Lerner
Politics
Treasurer announces tax cuts for 10 million Aussie workers
Turnbull government's radical plan to win back middle Australia and to prepare for an election will cost an extraordinary $140 billion over a decade.
- by David Crowe
World
Property bydomain
Business
Opinion
Banking royal commission
Knee-deep in blood - AMP feeds directors to baying crowd
As four women have been chopped there's plenty more change required on the troubled giant's board.
- by Adele Ferguson
Ousted AMP directors safe on big company boards
- by Sarah Danckert & Eryk Bagshaw
Small business
Entertainment
Analysis
Reality
'Renovators delight': House Rules undergoes its own redesign
A home in the inner suburb of Sydney went under the jackhammer, but Seven's renovation show is also being remodelled with this house-flip first.
- by Aja Styles
British game show Pointless set to replace Family Feud
Producers are scouring for participants based in NSW, with Network Ten being a prime host after it revealed it was putting Family Feud on ice.
- by Broede Carmody
Lifestyle
Smarter living
Holy smokes! The best menswear looks at the Met Gala
Saints and sinners made their way down the red carpet at the annual fashion event.
- by Jane Rocca
Serious speakers for serious listening, in a compact format
Listen to these speakers carefully, or even not so carefully, and it’s impossible not to be taken in by the precision you’ll hear.
- by Rod Easdown
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Sport
Updated
Corruption
'Racing's darkest day': One of the Aquanita eight to appeal guilty verdict
Some of Australia’s best-known trainers face career-ending terms of disqualification after the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board found them guilty.
- by Patrick Bartley
Awkward pink: Snooker champ swaps shirt and tie for birthday suit
Mark Williams stuck to a pre-tournament promise by conducting his press conference in the nude after winning the World Snooker Championship.
- by Jim White
