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So what is Albonomics, and what will it mean for Australia?

So what is Albonomics, and what will it mean for Australia?

When he came to power, Anthony Albanese’s economic priorities were hard to discern. Two years on, his vision is clear.

  • by Shane Wright

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Chalmers has navigated a steady course. But can he nail a tricky landing?
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Chalmers has navigated a steady course. But can he nail a tricky landing?

Like a pilot negotiating fierce crosswinds, Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ dexterity will be judged on whether the economic landing is soft or hard.

  • by Peter Hartcher
Labor adds billions to state deals on housing

Labor adds billions to state deals on housing

Albanese struck a deal with state and territory leaders on Friday to inject more cash into construction, including a five-year agreement on social housing.

  • by David Crowe
Chalmers wakes the baby debate the country needs
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Chalmers wakes the baby debate the country needs

Jim Chalmers is not planning a fertility police squad in next week’s budget, but his comments on the birth rate go to an issue the world needs to debate.

  • by Shane Wright
If Chalmers gets the budget wrong, interest rate rises may kill his government

If Chalmers gets the budget wrong, interest rate rises may kill his government

For Treasurer Jim Chalmers, this budget is existential. Bad decisions could increase unemployment or provoke more interest rate rises. Both would be political nails in the government’s coffin.

  • by Shane Wright
Australia, let’s have more babies, says Jim Chalmers
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Jim Chalmers

Australia, let’s have more babies, says Jim Chalmers

Australians are having fewer children with the fertility rate tumbling. The treasurer says people should think about having more kids.

  • by Shane Wright and David Crowe
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Blown-out North East Link’s extra $3.25 billion gets Albanese’s thumbs up

Blown-out North East Link’s extra $3.25 billion gets Albanese’s thumbs up

Next week’s federal budget will feature extra money for the blown-out road project, bringing the Commonwealth’s contribution to $5 billion.

  • by Broede Carmody
Albanese’s is an ‘experimental’ government – and it looks like the experiment is failing

Albanese’s is an ‘experimental’ government – and it looks like the experiment is failing

It’s the first federal government I’ve seen that has sought to build most of its political and policy mandate after winning office rather than before it.

  • by Shaun Carney
Households bank on tax cuts and anti-inflation budget plans

Households bank on tax cuts and anti-inflation budget plans

Tax cuts, worth on average $1888, and a further round of cost-of-living measures will be at the heart of Jim Chalmers’ third budget.

  • by Shane Wright
When politicians fire up on ‘security’, my bulldust detector goes to DEFCON 1

When politicians fire up on ‘security’, my bulldust detector goes to DEFCON 1

Using “security” as a justification for a policy initiative opens the door to interventions that are, in the words of former Treasury secretary Dr Ken Henry, “frankly, bad”.

  • by Ross Gittins
RBA inflation outlook ups pressure on Chalmers ahead of budget

RBA inflation outlook ups pressure on Chalmers ahead of budget

The Reserve Bank revealed it expects price pressures to grow through the rest of the year, which may require another lift in official interest rates.

  • by Rachel Clun and Shane Wright