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‘Roaring back to life:’ Josh Frydenberg delivers $74.6b spending splurge

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg handed down the budget on Tuesday.

Follow all the news and expert analysis as Treasurer Josh Frydenberg hands down the 2021 federal budget.

A five-minute rundown of the federal budget

A summary of what you should know about this year’s federal budget.

The budget marries pandemic and politics with a half-trillion dollar prenuptial agreement

The pandemic has given the government licence to spend big, to dream large, and to do it in a way that the country needs. And licence to do it in good time for its re-election campaign.

Budget winners include families and infrastructure. The environment is a loser.

Federal budget: The winners and losers

The government has splashed cash on aged care, childcare rebates and infrastructure, but we could all lose out in the long term.

Spending splurge to create 250,000 jobs in two years, more money for aged care and mental health

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is spending $74.6 billion in two years to create more than 250,000 jobs using income tax cuts, business tax breaks and a mammoth outlay on social services.

Glenyce vanished while camping at a roadhouse as a cyclone lashed the Pilbara. What happened?

Glenyce McGowan went missing in the Pilbara as a teenager. Inset: Nanutarra Roadhouse, campground. Picture: Supplied

Stranded on the side of the road in WA’s North West, Glenyce McGowan camped by a roadhouse with other travellers also forced to pull up. The following morning, she was nowhere to be found.

Yongah Hill detainee in isolation after escape tunnel plot foiled

Yongah Hill detainee in isolation after escape tunnel plot foiled

Refugee advocates claim the tunnel is between 10 and 20 metres long and have released a video showing at least two detainees in the tunnel.

Former McGowan media adviser paid $300,000 over unfair dismissal

Stephen Kaless has been paid nearly $300,000 to settle two legal actions brought against the government after he was sacked when a work colleague accused him of indecently assaulting her at a work Christmas party in December 2019.

Ex-guard fears more virus leaks from WA’s ‘festering’ hotel quarantine system

An ex-guard describes an unruly environment where guests would open their room doors at random and a man from China stayed undetected for three months.

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Victorian COVID-19 case ‘absolutely’ picked up in Adelaide quarantine hotel

Workers prepare to deep clean a Woolworths in Epping Plaza that has been listed as a tier 1 COVID-19 exposure site on Tuesday.

A man who has become Victoria’s first local coronavirus case in 73 days likely caught the virus while isolating in South Australia, prompting calls for a national review of hotel quarantine.

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AFL 2021

‘Another poor decision’: Rioli may be sacked by Eagles

‘Another poor decision’: Rioli may be sacked by Eagles

Willie Rioli will front a Darwin court on Wednesday charged with “possessing a schedule 2 dangerous drug in a quantity less than trafficable (under 50 grams) in a public place”. 

Boral urges shareholders to reject $8b bid from Seven

The building materials supplier describes the bid by Seven Group Holdings as “opportunistic”.

A 13-year-old boy has died after an industrial bin in which he was sleeping with two others was emptied into a garbage truck in Port Lincoln.
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Tragedy

Friend of boy killed as bin tipped into garbage truck tried to alert driver

Police say one of the boys started “banging on the door” of the cabin when the bin containing his two friends started to tip.

Thorpe to swim with Seven for the Olympics

Ian Thorpe pictured this year.

Officially it is no comment, but Seven is set to snare the champion for its coverage.

Health fears as researchers find microplastics in instant rice

Researchers have found all rice bought in stores contains microplastics but instant packet rice contains the most, leading to calls for more regulation.

Christine Holgate delivers revenge with rival posting

Christine Holgate delivers revenge with rival posting

Hearing the former Australia Post chief landed a job at a multibillion-dollar freight and parcel rival brought on a surge of “right on, sister!”

Julie Szego

Author and freelance journalist

What is Prince Harry trying to say with his new series The Me You Can’t See?

The Me You Can’t See,  is the documentary series Prince Harry has been quietly working on with Oprah Winfrey and Apple TV+ for the last two years.

As the Duke launches a new series, we look at what it tells us about his state of mind – and why he has no regrets over his Oprah interview.

The ‘daggy dad’ staple about to make a comeback

Dig out your Hawaiian shirt. The 1960s is the decade of choice for designers interpreting post-COVID “confident” dressing.

China’s population grows at slowest rate since 1961 famine

It is the long tail of the now-abolished One-Child Policy that has driven the result in the world’s most populous country. The coronavirus also played its part.

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Federal budget 2021

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will deliver his third budget on Tuesday, with the swing from public spending to private spending pivotal to the post-pandemic economy.

Budget to bet on consumers spending their $130 billion savings

Australians saved $130 billion through the pandemic. Josh Frydenberg is hoping they will spend that cash to offset a huge fall in COVID government support.

The government will respond to the royal commission in full on Tuesday.

Hunt promises ‘record’ response to aged care royal commission in budget

Council on the Ageing chief executive Ian Yates says he feels more confident on the eve of the budget than ever before that there will be substantial changes to the sector.

Western Australia

The WA hearings to probe the future of Crown’s casino licence in Perth began on Monday.
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Casinos

WA casino chief ‘distressed’ over reports of relationship with Crown staff

The man responsible for the oversight of casino regulation in WA says he received no formal training before being dealt the role.

Perth, Peel get green light for Victoria travel in wake of COVID-19 clusters

Perth and Peel residents will be free to travel to Victoria as of midnight Monday.

People from Perth and Peel will be able to travel to Victoria without having to quarantine as of Monday night.

Student’s stark warning after drink spiked with date rape drug at Perth house party

Shae Millington was drugged with GHB at a house party.

A Safety Bay teenager is warning others about the danger of date rape drugs after her drink was spiked at a house party in Doubleview.

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Labor MP slams ‘lawbreaker, bankrupt’ Perth restaurant boss in maiden speech

Labor MP slams ‘lawbreaker, bankrupt’ Perth restaurant boss in maiden speech

Under parliamentary privilege, David Scaife blasted The Local Shack owner’s actions during a court case, claiming he ignored proceedings and continually raised irrelevant matters.

More than 19,000 WA households in need but only one affordable home

Housing stress in WA has skyrocketed since the end of the rental evictions moratorium in March.

Since the moratorium on rental evictions wrapped up at the end of March, service providers have been inundated with calls for help every week.

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Politics

Andrew Laming (centre, rear) has survived a Labor attempt to remove his position as chair of a parliamentary committee.

Andrew Laming refuses to give up committee position despite vow to stand down

The embattled MP rejected Labor’s claim he had a “long history of trolling” constituents online and the Coalition voted to retain him as a parliamentary committee chair.

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Why Australia's $30b home construction boom won't last

Why Australia's $30b home construction boom won't last

The take-up of HomeBuilder grants was four times more than what the government expected, but budget papers lay bare the challenge that lies ahead.

What’s missing for housing in this year’s federal budget

What’s missing for housing in this year’s federal budget

Analysis: There’s extra help to save a home deposit or to get into the market with a low deposit, but a big spending recovery Budget offered a chance to do more.

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Sport

Willie Rioli.
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AFL 2021

‘Another poor decision’: Willie Rioli to face court, may be sacked by Eagles

Willie Rioli will front a Darwin court on Wednesday charged with “possessing a schedule 2 dangerous drug in a quantity less than trafficable (under 50 grams) in a public place”. 

Ian Thorpe pictured this year.

Thorpe to swim with Seven for the Olympics

Officially it is no comment, but Seven is set to snare the champion for its coverage.

Cate Campbell receives her vaccination on Monday.

Why athletes don’t deserve to be caught in vaccine debate crossfire

Australia’s Olympians are deeply grateful for the chance to be vaccinated. They shouldn’t endure the scorn of a public they are so proud to represent.

Phil Lutton
Phil Lutton

Sports reporter

IOC president Thomas Bach has postponed a trip to Tokyo due to a surge in cases of COVID-19.

IOC president postpones trip to Japan amid spike in coronavirus cases

IOC president Thomas Bach has postponed a trip to Japan, site of the Olympics in a little over two months, because of a continued surge in coronavirus cases.

The Hawks will return to Launceston this weekend to face the Kangaroos.

‘Treated as fools’: Test for Hawks, Roos as Tassie fans vote with their feet

As the battle for a standalone Tasmanian AFL side continues, Saturday’s clash between Hawthorn and North Melbourne in Launceston is seen as a ‘big test’ in the support of the home-away-from-home concept.

People queue in Mumbai, India, on Monday to receive their COVID-19 vaccine.
Opinion
IPL

‘We can give back’: Easy to condemn IPL from afar but far more complex for players

We can argue the case, but are our opinions at home really more important than a member of the IPL caravan living in a lockdown bubble amid a deathly crisis?

Malcolm Knox
Malcolm Knox

Journalist, author and columnist

Alex Rance could make an amateur league comeback.

Snap Shot: COVID delays Rance’s football comeback ... for now

This week in Snap Shot: Alex Rance delays local football return; Roos stalk the halls of power; and why challenging decisions is old hat.

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