And ambitious because we have so much going for us – and this budget is about Australia seizing those opportunities.” Winners . First homebuyers: The government has forecas ...

Taxpayers and first home buyers are the winners in Labor’s 2026 budget, while rich families could be among the losers. Find out who is better off and who is worse off in Chalmers’ budget ...

Reactions to the treasurer's fifth budget have been mixed, with the Opposition saying it rejects changes to housing tax breaks.

Welcome to federal budget day 2026 – a day that promises to be one of broken election promises and the most politically significant in recent memory.

Your trusted source for staying up-to-date with the world around you. Get free daily news updates and analysis, straight to your inbox. A new $250 annual tax offset for income earned from the 2027-28 ...

Jim Chalmers has unveiled $77bn of net tax increases but will continue to deliver deficits until mid-next decade, with a hit on housing investments and trusts dwarfing the relief of a new $5-a-week ...

Jim Chalmers has delivered what he calls the ‘most important and ambitious’ budget in decades. Here’s what others say.

The federal budget takes some big swings, with reforms to capital gains tax and negative gearing. There are also major spends on health, fuel and infrastructure. This has meant some risky moves in the ...

In the first full budget since Labor's landslide election victory last year, the government is putting some money back in workers' pockets and increasing taxes on investors. So who wins and who misses ...