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Nahla and Luca are both 10. When we look at the budget, we should think of them
They didn't watch Scott Morrison's speech last night and they won't vote at the next election. But government choices about taxation, infrastructure and borrowing will go a long way towards shaping their futures and defining their opportunities over the coming decades.
- by Matt Wade
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'Cuts mean nothing to me': Budget fails to hit the mark
Cranbourne resident Maida Kanwal says she'd prefer a shorter work commute than an extra $10 a week in her pay.
- by Melissa Cunningham
ANALYSIS
Federal budget
Budget 2018: Is ScoMo Santa or the budget surplus grinch?
All the earlier talk that Treasurer Scott Morrison was going to deliver a "Santa Claus" budget was quite wrong.
- by Peter Hartcher
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
Lucas Heights to PeterMac, new therapy a game-changer
Experimental treatment, ignored by big pharma companies, and being trialled at Peter Mac, has had some exciting results.
- by Liam Mannix
Opinion
Banking royal commission
Knee-deep in blood: AMP directors fed to baying crowd
As four women have been chopped there's plenty more change required on the troubled giant's board.
- by Adele Ferguson
Hail, thunder, month's worth of rain in two days on the way
Heavy showers, hail and snow predicted to hit the state from tomorrow, ending the unseasonably warm start to autumn.
- by Simone Fox Koob
Featured
Opinion & Perspectives
Spending cuts? Perish the thought... This budget is too good to be true
If you believe Malcolm Turnbull's luck can turn on a sixpence, this is the budget for you. It's blue skies ahead. Right?
Ross Gittins
If this is 'world's best' water management, we're all in trouble
The Turnbull government and Labor's deal to amend the $13b Murray Darling Basin Plan isn't the same thing as fixing it.
Peter Hannam
Does banking attract cheats or make them?
The prevailing culture in banking "favours dishonest behaviour", according to a Swiss study.
David Kinley
AFL
Analysis
Richmond
Richmond dominating the end game
Richmond may not be unbeatable this year, as Adelaide proved. But the Tigers appear to be better than 2017, which is a scary thought for their opposition.
- by Martin Blake
Tough Bulldogs veteran nears return
Luke Beveridge has marvelled at the mental strength and recuperative powers of Dale Morris as he nears a return from a serious knee injury.
- by Jason Phelan
Updated
Essendon
Joe Daniher out for at least a month with osteitis pubis
- by Sam McClure & Ronny Lerner
Politics
LIVE
Federal budget
Budget 2018: Turnbull government pushes Labor to support full income tax cut package
Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison begin the sales job for their last budget before the next election.
- by Fergus Hunter
World
Property bydomain
Business
Budget 2018: The winners and losers in business
Craft brewers are among the winners in Scott Morrison's 2018 budget.
- by Clancy Yeates & Patrick Hatch
Small business
Entertainment
Get set for another excellent adventure: Reeves, Winter to reprise Bill and Ted
Party on, dudes.
- by Nathanael Cooper
Nine countries cut in semi-final as Eurovision competition tightens
The tough first semi-final was loaded with some of this year's strongest contenders, including strong performances from Israel, Cyprus and Estonia.
- by Michael Idato
Lifestyle
Smarter living
Eight clever ways to make your rental house a home
How to make the best of the home we have, for the time we have it.
- by Carolyn Tate
Money can buy happiness if you spend it on experiences, time or others
How would you spend $20 for the biggest payoff in happiness? What did you actually spend your last $20 on?
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Food bygoodfood
Travel bytraveller
Cars bydrive
Sport
Southampton prevail in winner-takes-all clash with Swansea
Southampton almost certainly secured their Premier League survival after Manolo Gabbiadini's second-half goal gave them a 1-0 win.
- by Toby Davis
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
