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Treasury says Labor’s policies will create more housing supply that will put downward pressure on rent.

Some individual support packages now exceed $400,000 a year.

The ‘free ride’ for electric vehicle incentives is nearing the end of the road.

What would have been Australia’s tallest building will no longer go ahead as planned.

Federal Treasury estimates 305,000 migrants entered the country in the last financial year 2024-25.

Funding will go to the Office of the Special Investigator to review evidence and prepare cases for prosecution.

The 55-year-old is contracted until the end of next season.

The federal budget also reveals tax breaks for commercial television and radio outlets.

Major changes to wealth creation channels, high government spending, and net debt nearing $1 trillion.

While the figure is significantly higher than the estimates for 2025–26 and 2024–25, it is lower than the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) forecast.

The government says the new rates will make for a ‘level playing field’ between wage and salary earners and those who derive their income in other ways.

Labor is expected to cut the capital gains tax discount and limit negative gearing of investment properties.

Health Minister Butler said Australia is taking the strongest approach of any of the 23 countries repatriating passengers.

‘The seven individuals and four entities sanctioned today include senior officials and entities involved in these horrific acts,’ said Minister Penny Wong.

Two soldiers collided mid-air during descent, killing one and leaving the other with minor injuries on May 11. The ADF has suspended all parachuting operations.

U.S. officials confirmed one asymptomatic positive case among repatriated U.S. passengers.

Health Minister Mark Butler said the group would be subject to quarantine at the Bullsbrook Centre for National Resilience, north-east of Perth.

A pair of ISIS-linked women charged with slavery offences will remain behind bars after postponing their bail applications on May 11.

Analysts warn Labor Party voters are just as likely to switch to One Nation.

“It’s not just because you jump that we catch you,” One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce said following the party’s victory in the Farrer by-election.

Treasury says Labor’s policies will create more housing supply that will put downward pressure on rent.

Some individual support packages now exceed $400,000 a year.

The ‘free ride’ for electric vehicle incentives is nearing the end of the road.

What would have been Australia’s tallest building will no longer go ahead as planned.

Federal Treasury estimates 305,000 migrants entered the country in the last financial year 2024-25.

Funding will go to the Office of the Special Investigator to review evidence and prepare cases for prosecution.

The 55-year-old is contracted until the end of next season.

The federal budget also reveals tax breaks for commercial television and radio outlets.

Major changes to wealth creation channels, high government spending, and net debt nearing $1 trillion.

While the figure is significantly higher than the estimates for 2025–26 and 2024–25, it is lower than the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) forecast.

The government says the new rates will make for a ‘level playing field’ between wage and salary earners and those who derive their income in other ways.

Labor is expected to cut the capital gains tax discount and limit negative gearing of investment properties.

Health Minister Butler said Australia is taking the strongest approach of any of the 23 countries repatriating passengers.

‘The seven individuals and four entities sanctioned today include senior officials and entities involved in these horrific acts,’ said Minister Penny Wong.

Two soldiers collided mid-air during descent, killing one and leaving the other with minor injuries on May 11. The ADF has suspended all parachuting operations.

U.S. officials confirmed one asymptomatic positive case among repatriated U.S. passengers.

Health Minister Mark Butler said the group would be subject to quarantine at the Bullsbrook Centre for National Resilience, north-east of Perth.

A pair of ISIS-linked women charged with slavery offences will remain behind bars after postponing their bail applications on May 11.

Analysts warn Labor Party voters are just as likely to switch to One Nation.

“It’s not just because you jump that we catch you,” One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce said following the party’s victory in the Farrer by-election.