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The federal government will invest $3.4 billion in improving women’s safety, economic security and health as part of its first Women’s Budget Statement in more than six years.

Personal income tax offsets and business expensing deductions will be extended; while the government has lifted spending promises for the year ahead by $25 billion.

More than $300 million is set to be pumped into the early childhood education sector in the next financial year.

Spending on the National Disability Insurance Scheme is expected to overtake the cost of Medicare within the next three years.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has casually shot down two Greens ideas for economic repair ahead of the federal budget.

Politicians are reluctant to relinquish power once they have it.

Australians in need of mental health support are set to benefit from a $2.3 billion package included in the federal budget.

Employment rose in mid-April, but the ABS says it remains inconclusive what impact the end of the JobKeeper wage subsidy has had on the labour market.

Finance Minister Simon Birmingham has flagged a "profound improvement" in the nation's budget bottom line.

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Australia's tourism sector is urging the government to set a time frame for the nation's reopening as question marks remain over when international travel will resume.

The federal budget will include record funding on aged care and a "full response" to the damning findings of the royal commission into the sector.

The federal budget will include at least $5 billion in funding for infrastructure projects aimed at making roads safer, reducing travel times and supporting thousands of jobs.

Tony Power, who led the recently completed high-profile inquiry into the City of Perth, has reportedly been appointed to undertake an independent review of the Kimberley Land Council.

The state government has confirmed up to a six-month delay to Perth’s new airport rail line, with trains now expected to run in the first half of 2022.

The worldwide debt trap is closing on private investors, with inflation looming as an added threat.

Even with jobs growing more quickly than anticipated, pay packets won't follow suit for years.

Gas pipelines, port terminals and new fields will get $58.6 million from taxpayers in next week's budget to help fuel economic recovery.

Scott Morrison has warned the future of the National Disability Insurance Scheme is at stake unless ballooning costs are brought under control.

The benchmark price of iron ore has moved above $US200 per tonne for the first time, despite growing diplomatic tensions with China, the largest buyer of the steelmaking commodity.

Australians in India who fail a pre-flight coronavirus test will be banned from boarding when rescue planes restart from May 15.

China’s key economic planning department has suspended a diplomatic channel for economic discussions with Australia, although the impact could be minimal.

Privately owned Total AMS has won a contract from the state government to upgrade a major shipping berth at Port Hedland.

Both sides of politics are aware of the fragility of the Morrison government’s support in the west.

WA will significantly ease its interim lockdown restrictions and mask wearing requirements from midnight tomorrow, after the state recorded no new cases of COVID-19 for the fourth consecutive day.

Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese have laid out their priorities for next week's budget, with a bottom line looking in better shape than had been predicted just a few months ago.

Australia has indicated it is on track to restart repatriation flights from India where thousands of people are stranded under a controversial travel ban.

Cutting the regulatory burden and cash for green tech have been among the priorities listed ahead of the May 11 federal budget.

Western Australian craft beer and spirits producers have welcomed the federal government’s decision to increase tax relief for the industry, but some say more change is needed.

The pause in flights out of India has dramatically halted the rate of positive COVID-19 cases in quarantine in Australia.

Communities hit by natural disasters will get support from a new national agency tasked with helping them rebuild and recover.

WA's mining sector has welcomed the federal government's decision to reinvest in a national exploration scheme over the next four years.