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Everything you need to know about the $300 energy rebate

Everything you need to know about the $300 energy rebate

Here’s how the government will deliver the money, and what it could mean for inflation.

  • by Rachel Clun

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This budget will make us better off now, worse off later

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.

  • by Ross Gittins
The budget explained in seven charts

The budget explained in seven charts

The government is attempting to tiptoe a tricky path out of strife. Here are seven charts that break everything down.

  • by Josh Gordon and Craig Butt
Made in Australia: The $22.7 billion punt to rival China’s dominance

Made in Australia: The $22.7 billion punt to rival China’s dominance

The government is betting big on green technologies and industry to grow local manufacturing.

  • by Mike Foley
Labor’s promised subsidies for everyone. They’re not guaranteed votes in return

Labor’s promised subsidies for everyone. They’re not guaranteed votes in return

The political message in this budget is breathtakingly simple. The broader policy plan is fiendishly complex.

  • by David Crowe
The budget handout that could cruel your next pay rise

The budget handout that could cruel your next pay rise

Just spending money on handouts to bring down inflation is not Jim Chalmers’ main game.

  • by Shane Wright
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High voltage: Jim’s $300 power play to fight inflation

High voltage: Jim’s $300 power play to fight inflation

Economists have warned that Labor’s budget spending could put pressure on the Reserve Bank to keep interest rates higher for longer.

  • by David Crowe
Labor’s gas boost opens new front in crossbench election battle

Labor’s gas boost opens new front in crossbench election battle

Teal independents, the Greens and even Labor MPs are pushing back against the government’s gas plan as a Morrison-era rerun.

  • by Mike Foley
It’s not easy being green for UK and European oil giants
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It’s not easy being green for UK and European oil giants

The oil super majors are eyeing shifting their primary stock exchange listings to New York as a stronger push to reduce fossil fuels in their home markets weighs on their share prices.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Labor steps on the gas to fuel its climate targets

Labor steps on the gas to fuel its climate targets

The federal government is backing new gas fields as essential in the move to renewables.

  • by David Crowe and Mike Foley
Origin gets $410 million boost as stake in UK outfit Octopus soars in value

Origin gets $410 million boost as stake in UK outfit Octopus soars in value

Australian power giant Origin’s stake in Britain’s Octopus Energy has gained hundreds of millions of dollars in value after the fast-growing UK company secured new backing.

  • by Nick Toscano