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Refugee support services get budget boost

Refugee support services get budget boost

An immigration detention centre in Western Australia will have its security but not facilities improved, and the Australian Border Force gets $100m.

Struggling music festivals offered funding lifeline

Struggling music festivals offered funding lifeline

Struggling music festivals offered funding lifeline

Struggling music festivals offered funding lifeline

Years of weak ticket sales and soaring costs have brought Australian music festivals to their knees, but the government's budget may provide a ray of hope.

Internet age limits and online harm targeted in budget

Internet age limits and online harm targeted in budget

Internet age limits and online harm targeted in budget

Internet age limits and online harm targeted in budget

A pilot program to restrict teens' internet use and programs to tackle harmful online content will be funded in the federal budget.

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Mind the gap: Indigenous funding in focus after voice

Mind the gap: Indigenous funding in focus after voice

Closing the health, justice and education gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians has become a budget priority after the failed referendum.

Steaming toward $1 trillion in gross debt in 2025/26

Steaming toward $1 trillion in gross debt in 2025/26

Australia was expected to hit $1 trillion in gross debt this year under the previous government, but Jim Chalmers says the liability will be $152 billion lower.

Submarines sink more taxpayer money as costs climb

Submarines sink more taxpayer money as costs climb

The bill for Australia's acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines continues to climb as millions of dollars is sunk into training the skilled workers required.

Women offered support on path out of domestic violence

Women offered support on path out of domestic violence

Women escaping domestic violence will receive stronger health care, legal services and financial support to address the 'national shame'.

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Farmers get drought and climate relief amid export ban

Farmers get drought and climate relief amid export ban

Farmers get drought and climate relief amid export ban

Farmers get drought and climate relief amid export ban

Fury over a ban on live sheep export by sea and a biosecurity levy may be eased by a series of packages to manage drought and boost the agriculture workforce.

Rural health still on life support after modest budget

Rural health still on life support after modest budget

Rural health still on life support after modest budget

Rural health still on life support after modest budget

Rural communities say healthcare is at the heart of prosperity in the bush as populations grow. But the federal budget includes very few new health measures.

Value-added: back to a future made in Australia's mines

Value-added: back to a future made in Australia's mines

Value-added: back to a future made in Australia's mines

Value-added: back to a future made in Australia's mines

Mining and refining is central to the budget's plan for Australia to hold its own in a global economy beset by fierce competition for sovereign production.

Relief less than hoped for 'squeezed' small businesses

Relief less than hoped for 'squeezed' small businesses

Relief less than hoped for 'squeezed' small businesses

Relief less than hoped for 'squeezed' small businesses

Power bill and tax relief will help small businesses overcome rising costs and slowing consumer spending, despite no increase to instant asset write-offs.

Workers to enjoy real wages growth, despite inflation

Workers to enjoy real wages growth, despite inflation

Workers to enjoy real wages growth, despite inflation

Workers to enjoy real wages growth, despite inflation

Australia's labour market is proving remarkably resilient, despite slowing economic growth, meaning workers can expect wages growth to outstrip inflation.

Federal government urged to fast track migration plan

Federal government urged to fast track migration plan

Federal government urged to fast track migration plan

Federal government urged to fast track migration plan

The Queensland government has urged the commonwealth to fast track plans to halve overseas migration in a bid to help ease the state's housing pressures.

Households to get energy bill relief, rent help goes up

Households to get energy bill relief, rent help goes up

Households to get energy bill relief, rent help goes up

Households to get energy bill relief, rent help goes up

Energy bill relief and more rent assistance will form part of a cost-of-living package in the federal budget to help Australians struggling to makes ends meet.

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Outrage as whistleblower jailed but appeal flagged

David McBride will appeal his nearly six-year prison term after he was sentenced for leaking classified documents that revealed alleged Australian war crimes.

All clear for pharmacy prescriptions in 'win for women'

Women suffering from urinary tract infections can keep getting treatment at NSW pharmacies, rather than having to visit a doctor, as a trial is made permanent.

'Humanity stood tall': Tribute paid to six murdered

Federal parliamentarians have expressed sorrow and sympathy over the Sydney stabbing rampage that killed six people and left a dozen more injured.

Morrison's replacement takes up mantle in parliament

Liberal MP Simon Kennedy and Greens senator Steph Hodgins-May have officially been sworn in as parliamentarians against the backdrop of the federal budget.

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Nation's only Liberal government suffers first-day loss

Tasmania's minority Liberal government has lost the position of Speaker on the first day of parliament since the state election in March.

Smaller grocers 'annihilated' by retail giants tactics

IGA and Foodworks have told Queensland's supermarket pricing inquiry many of their businesses are being forced to close due to tactics of major retailers.

Corruption watchdog to publicly probe council contracts

The Independent Commission Against Corruption is investigating the awarding of contracts at a Sydney council over a period of more than 18 months.

Cohen testifies Trump signed off on hush money payment

Donald Trump's former '"fixer" has told his hush money trial the then-US president said "women are going to hate me" when Stormy Daniels' sex scandal aired.

Australia sanctions Iranians over Middle East conflict

Iran's defence minister and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy are among five people and three entities hit with new Australian sanctions.

Top brands in the slow lane with electric car policies

Some of the world's biggest vehicle manufacturers are slowing progress on electric cars, a report has found.

Premier points finger at supermarkets over probe 'snub'

Coles and Woolworths have been grilled by Queensland Premier Steven Miles after he made a surprise appearance at a supermarket pricing inquiry.

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