Politics
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Federal budget
Mothballing Nauru’s detention centre could save $250 million in a year
Home Affairs expects the centre to move from an “active state” to “enduring capability” – empty but operated by a skeleton staff.
- by Olivia Ireland, James Massola and Angus Thompson
Opinion & Perspectives
This budget will make us better off now, worse off later
It seems the top priority of Anthony Albanese’s government is not to have any priorities.
Ross Gittins
Economics Editor
Is this the budget we needed? Our experts deliver their verdicts
Jim Chalmers’ third budget sought to strike a balance between inflation and cost of living. Here’s what our experts thought.
The Albanese government doesn’t just like women, it needs them
Women voters are growing increasingly progressive which makes them appetising prey not just for Labor but for the Greens and the teals.
Jacqueline Maley
Columnist and senior journalist
Federal
Exclusive
Federal budget
Mothballing Nauru’s detention centre could save $250 million in a year
Home Affairs expects the centre to move from an “active state” to “enduring capability” – empty but operated by a skeleton staff.
- by Olivia Ireland, James Massola and Angus Thompson
‘This is a genocide’: Labor Senator breaks with government over Israel war
Labor Senator Fatima Payman also used the slogan “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”, which Anthony Albanese has criticised as provocative.
- by Matthew Knott
We asked these Australians what they thought of the budget. This is what they told us
- by Olivia Ireland, Josefine Ganko, Jessica McSweeney, Jim Malo, Alex Crowe, Megan Gorrey and Cara Waters
Queensland
Perspective
Government
Queensland’s Aldi version of a supermarket pricing probe takes full flight
- by Matt Dennien
Perspective
Government
The fork in Queensland’s path to treaty gets wider all the way to election day
- by Matt Dennien
New South Wales
‘Struggle takes time’: NSW treasurer invokes spirit of Gandhi over GST stoush
- by Michael McGowan and Shane Wright
Analysis
State Parliament
No panacea, but domestic violence bail reforms strike the right balance
- by Michael McGowan
Victoria
Victoria’s hospitals are driving up costs by competing against each other
- by Broede Carmody, Kieran Rooney and Aisha Dow
Greenline project’s future in doubt as council funding dries up
- by Cara Waters and Sophie Aubrey
Western Australia
What West Australians think of the state budget
- by Hamish Hastie, Sarah Brookes, Holly Thompson, Jesinta Burton and Peter Milne