Federal budget
Federal budget 2024 LIVE updates: Jim Chalmers set to hand down budget as cost of living pressures continue to bite Australians
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is delivering his third federal budget. Tune in for rolling coverage, including live updates from the treasurer’s address and all the analysis from our team of experts.
- by Josefine Ganko
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Qld reheats calls for migration ‘moderation’ – and more federal cash
The push – on federal budget day and ahead of the state’s own pre-election budget – calls for faster, not deeper, action on arrivals.
- by Matt Dennien
That’s a rap: Why Chalmers no longer pumps out the pre-budget hip-hop
The federal treasurer is a fan of rappers Tupac Shakur, Nas and Biggie Smalls, but revealed why his music taste has mellowed on the big days.
- by Noel Towell and Colin Kruger
$9.3 billion: Chalmers lands the surplus double in third budget
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will attempt to reduce cost pressures on Australians while investing in a new manufacturing future in his third budget on Tuesday.
- by Shane Wright
Miles rails against LNP’s ‘car park’ criticism of Sunshine Coast link
The state and federal Labor governments have defended their staged approach to delivering the Sunshine Coast rail line, amid LNP claims it would turn Caloundra into a “car park”.
- by Cameron Atfield
Opinion
Opinion
Both Albanese and Dutton believe they’re on the right track. But one of them must be wrong
The difficulty in politics is that at some point – and you never know when – the risk calculus flips. Tomorrow’s budget might tell us if we’re there yet.
- by Sean Kelly
Sunshine Coast rail link to get $1.15 billion budget boost
The extra funding, to be announced in Tuesday’s budget, will take the federal contribution to $2.75 billion – just a fraction of the $12 billion to complete the planned line.
- by Cameron Atfield
The budget promises good news on inflation and interest rates – but there’s a flipside
Inflation has not been within the Reserve Bank’s target band for a decade. Tuesday’s budget will forecast it slipping below 3 per cent by year’s end.
- by Shane Wright
Opinion
Housing crisis
Housing system is broke and broken, but government alone can’t solve this crisis
No silver bullet is going to fix our housing woes, but there is now a window of opportunity through which real and significant change can occur.
- by Scott Langford
Jim Chalmers’ Sunday run began at 3.46am. This is his warm-up for the budget
Two days out from Labor’s third federal budget, this masthead was granted behind the scenes access to observe Jim Chalmers preparing to hand down what could be his last budget before the election.
- by James Massola
What small businesses really want from the budget
Australians are spending less, and the government has ruled out cash injections in Tuesday’s federal budget. Small business is caught in the middle.
- by Jessica Yun