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Excise revenue is tipped to fall by $5.4bn over the next five years, and the government is largely blaming one thing - tobacco.
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An staggering $15 billion budget black hole has blown the Aussie economy wide open for a chilling reason.
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has explained why the Albanese government broke an election promise.
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The federal government has revealed how much tax revenue will be lost through the NRL's tax-free contracts for the competition's 19th team.
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Tuesday's budget contains a slew of tax changes and funding announcements. Find out if you come out ahead.
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A leading dementia advocate has welcomed the government's $200m dementia funding but warns research investment must match care spending.
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Australian workers have been dubbed the big winner as the government as a group slams a critical tax change.
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Anyone leaving Australia will have to pay even more, after the Albanese government announced a new exit fee in Tuesday's budget.
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Changes to the way electric cars are taxed will bring a welcome reprieve for a government looking for cash.
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Labor has confirmed it will overhaul the tax system but stopped short of revealing a controversial measure poised to be axed by Treasurer Jim Chalmers.
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Fresh details have emerged after a year 7 student was hit by a train in a traumatic incident at a Melbourne railway station.
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A teenager facing firearm and terrorism offences has been hit with additional charges related to an alleged plot to commit a terror attack.
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Coalition frontbencher Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has broken down in the Senate while delivering an emotional tribute to Kumanjayi Little Baby.
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Novice motorcycle riders in one state will be required to comply with new rules over the coming months, in a major safety shake-up on the roads.
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A mother-of-three has issued an impassioned plea to a court after being found with an extraordinary haul of stolen Lego.
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A public health alert has been issued for one Aussie capital after a confirmed case of a highly-contagious disease was linked to a returned overseas traveller.
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Pre-budget nerves and renewed geopolitical tensions have impacted the ASX 200, with the benchmark recording its 15th decline in the past 19 sessions.
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Two men charged after the body of a missing teenager was found stuffed in a fridge have been dropped, after prosecutors said there were no reasonable prospects" of a conviction.
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A group of concerned farmers are launching a landmark High Court bid to prevent the spread of harmful projects" in their area.
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A man has died and multiple people were trapped after a horrific nine-car pileup in Sydney's west, which brought traffic to a standstill.
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Anti-NDIS fraud campaigners Drew Pavlou and Pete Zogoulas have allegedly become scam victims themselves after losing control of their fundraising website.
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The owner of the remote Porepunkah property where Dezi Freeman shot dead two police officers has broken his silence, revealing what he found in the moments after the cold-blooded killings.
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A young woman has been arrested and charged over an alleged highly co-ordinated surveillance" plot targeting a man connected to Sydney's gangland attacks.
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Two women accused of keeping a woman as a slave overseas have been housed alongside triple-killer Erin Patterson ahead of dual bids for bail.
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A man is fighting for life after being set alight inside a unit south of Sydney by an unknown attacker who fled the scene.
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An Australian soldier killed in a parachuting training accident at Jervis Bay Airfield in NSW has been named.
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Coalition frontbencher Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has broken down in the Senate while delivering an emotional tribute to Kumanjayi Little Baby.
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Commuters faced horrifying scenes at a Melbourne train station after a young schoolboy became trapped under a train on his way home.
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An Australian soldier has been killed in a parachuting training accident at Jervis Bay Airfield in NSW.
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A disturbing find in a women's bathroom at the Australian Defence Force Academy has prompted an arrest and charges.
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Flying high on another resounding election result, Pauline Hanson is putting the pieces in place to kick Labor out in two years' time.
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A man is fighting for life after being allegedly set alight by an unknown attacker inside a unit south of Sydney.
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A controversial measure reportedly included in Labor's fifth federal budget has sparked outrage from the Coalition which has accused it of breaching voter trust.
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With Labor poised to overhaul the housing and tax systems, some Aussies have been warned to brace for difficult decisions" in Tuesday's budget.
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A decorated war hero's high-school mate has established a trust after overwhelming" public support emerged for Ben Roberts-Smith.
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The budget bottom line is expected to be $44.9bn stronger than forecast in December, as the government eyes housing tax and a one-off payment.
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A disturbing find in a women's bathroom at the Australian Defence Force Academy has prompted an arrest and charges.
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Six Aussies and a New Zealander stranded on the hantavirus cruise ship will be quarantined at a facility in Perth's northeast.
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Emergency services rushed to a busy metro station after a boy became trapped under a train trying to retrieve a phone.
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A shocking incident has left a Victorian paramedic and soon-to-be mother nervous to return to work.
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Housing tax reform, fuel security, and a one-time cash benefit are among the items set to be announced in the federal budget on Tuesday night.
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Tax changes, fuel security and housing are just some of the key areas Labor will address in the May 12 budget. Here's what we know.
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A protest group targeting Treasurer Jim Chalmers' office on the eve of the budget has described this use of Australians' tax dollars as appalling".
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Tributes have flooded social media for a single mum of seven children who was killed in a horrific car crash on Mother's Day.
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The Outback Wrangler had no idea what was waiting for him in the darkness. Then he saw his wife walking towards him with a bundle.
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Two women charged with slavery offences after returning to Australia from a Syrian refugee camp have abandoned their bid to be released.
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Worshippers at a Brisbane mosque were allegedly confronted by a man who threatened to use an assault rifle.
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A leading women's advocate who quit the Liberal Party in February has launched a new political movement that could likely challenge One Nation.
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ABC host Patricia Karvelas has come under fire after suggesting One Nation's win in Farrer would be legitimising them' in the eyes of voters.
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A media boss accused of assaulting his wife has cited the potentially detrimental" impact of being confronted by journalists in a bid to avoid court.