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Nahla and Luca are both 10. When we look at the budget, we should think of them

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. Will they be paying for this in the decades to come?

  • by Matt Wade

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'Cuts mean nothing to me': Budget fails to hit the mark

'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.

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Another senator ineligible, four byelections now likely

Another senator ineligible, four byelections now likely

High Court has found ACT Labor senator Katy Gallagher did not take reasonable steps to renounce her British citizenship.

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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.

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Experimental treatment, ignored by big pharma companies, and being trialled at Peter Mac, has had some exciting results.

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Knee-deep in blood: AMP directors fed to baying crowd

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As four women have been chopped there's plenty more change required on the troubled giant's board.

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Heavy showers, hail and snow predicted to hit the state from tomorrow, ending the unseasonably warm start to autumn.

  • by Simone Fox Koob
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Spending cuts? Perish the thought... This budget is too good to be true

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    The Turnbull government and  Labor's deal to amend the $13b Murray Darling Basin Plan isn't the same thing as fixing it.

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        • by Martin Blake
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