Anthony Albanese will deliver his budget reply speech which is expected to continue the opposition’s attack over sluggish wages growth • Moderna signs deal with Australia to supply 25m vaccine doses • Why the budget was light on climate and environment measures • Albanese’s budget reply to focus on entrepreneurs, renewable energy • The secret … Read more
Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mr Speaker, we have seen this a lot from the Labor party over the course of the last 18 months. While we are fighting the virus, Mr Speaker, the Labor party just wants to fight the government, Mr Speaker. That’s when they’re not fighting each other, Mr Speaker. Our job is … Read more
Budget 2021 overview: The federal budget is not the women’s budget, or the aged care budget or the mental health budget. It’s more like a buffet budget, says political reporter Amy Remeikis, with a bit of something for everyone without a cohesive theme – and a lot of rosy assumptions. Here is a summary and … Read more
This budget is delivering on the promises we made at the last election. We went to the last election saying that we would invest in the economy, to grow jobs and to fund the essential services that Australians rely on. That’s why we have the focus on growing jobs. Yes, we didn’t see at the … Read more
You’ve got to have the preconditions there, which is keeping Australians safe is the first priority. And that means getting quarantine right, getting vaccination right. We should be, as well, producing our own mRNA vaccines. We should have started that process last year. And one of the things that concerns me about this budget is … Read more