Politics and policy
Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor says he wants to return to the Coalition's core strengths of fiscal discipline and smaller government — but it's unclear where the cuts in spending would come from.
Angus Taylor fronted the National Press Club just as a major report questioned the viability of the Coalition's energy gamble.
There were hundreds of pre-budget submissions made to the federal Treasury. Not one requested energy bill relief be given to every household.
Everyone wants to know whether this budget will be the last before the next election.
Labor and the Coalition are fighting over who will be seen as the party for small business in Australia. If the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia is anything to go by, the pendulum is swinging towards the opposition.
The opposition leader is focusing firmly on the Australian population's pain points in an effort to contrast the Coalition's plans with Labor's forward-looking Future Made in Australia policy.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has put housing and immigration at the front and centre of the upcoming election fight.
Katy Gallagher divulged the information after the Coalition and crossbench senators moved a motion forcing her to provide an explanation on what the prime minister knew about the document.
Anthony Albanese has dismissed Fatima Payman's comments on Gaza as the actions of a 'young' senator. But the controversy could prove seriously damaging to his government.
Chief economist Sarah Hunter says she's still working through the impacts of the budget on inflation.
It's not yet clear whether there will be another budget before the next election. But a clear battleground has already been formed from this one - with the Coalition signalling it will fight Labor's Future Made in Australia policy.
A Labor backbencher has criticised Australian leaders for “gaslighting the global community” in the most strident public criticism of the Albanese government’s response to the Israel-Hamas conflict from one of its own MPs.
Jim Chalmers' federal budget seeks to balance a longer-term economic vision with the more politically pressing need to address cost of living pressures. The Capital Brief team dissects what it means for the different sectors in Australia's new economy.
The government may have hoped to win the front pages with coverage of a budget that delivers cost-of-living relief and a new interventionist agenda. It got something else.
It's unclear whether this is an election budget, but Treasurer Jim Chalmers is setting up a stark choice for voters.
Jim Chalmers wants universities to dip into their coffers to build housing needed to absorb international students.
The stakes have never been higher for Treasurer Jim Chalmers, with his third budget containing cost of living measures that are far from certain to work.
A motion calls on Foreign Minister Penny Wong to explain to the Senate what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese knew about the document before it was sent to ministers and department heads.
In an exclusive interview with Capital Brief, Anthony Albanese said the process went through “many hours of many meetings, at every level of our cabinet processes" - but the federal opposition is not convinced.
Prime ministers don't do long-form interviews very often anymore. Which is why Anthony Albanese's first interview with Capital Brief was so illuminating.
The Prime Minister has confirmed his centrepiece policy will be a key theme of the next election, dismissing suggestions it will be a tough political sell on the hustings.
A transcript of Capital Brief's interview with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ahead of tomorrow's budget.
In an exclusive interview with Capital Brief ahead of the budget, the Prime Minister gives the strongest defence yet of the government's decision to invest nearly $1 billion in a quantum computing startup.
