And who better than our senior economics correspondent Shane Wright, a veteran of dozens of budgets and several elections.

Shane Wright, Ross Gittins, Peter Hartcher, Jacqueline Maley and Matthew Knott break down the economic and political ...

It is, however, a budget we’ve wished on ourselves. We’ve made it clear that, while ever we’re feeling pain from the cost of ...

A key election issue is high immigration levels, but new research says these will plunge. That’s in addition to falling ...

It wasn’t a bold budget, but then again, pre-election budgets never are, senior economics correspondent Shane Wright tells ...

Cost-of-living pressures have dominated the Albanese government’s term. New analysis shows who it has tried to dull the pain ...

Peter Dutton asks voters if they are better off under Anthony Albanese. From the cost of bananas to the value of your home, ...

Australia’s capital cities are home to a record 18.4 million people after their populations swelled by another 430,000 ...

Small business advocates and corporate heavyweights are railing against the Albanese government’s proposed ban on non-compete ...

One-third of us work from home at least some of the time. That’s a big clue as to why Labor is talking about it so much.

Australia has been name-checked again by American officials for possible tariffs. “Until they make a decision, we don’t know ...

The treasurer’s fourth budget could easily have been a pre-election spendathon that stoked inflation, but the central bank ...