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From a promise to slash HECS debt to a surprise tax cut for all working Aussies. Here’s how Labor’s pre-election budget pitch will affect you.

Australia's federal budget is forecast to eclipse $1 trillion in debt for the first time in 2025/26, as global challenges threaten the nation's budget.

The outlook for wages is improving as inflation falls, growth picks up and clauses stopping workers moving to higher pay jobs are ditched.

Millions of Australian workers looking to switch jobs or start their own business are expected to benefit from a plan revealed in the federal budget.

Taxpayers and students are the big winners from Jim Chalmers's fourth budget, while supermarkets and some bosses have come up short.

The federal government has moved to defend Australia's agricultural exports, as the sector prepares to have one of its biggest production years on record.

Jim Chalmers claims the federal budget is in a better position than when Labor came to power three years ago, but there are economic storm clouds ahead.

The stage is finally set for the 2032 Games with the Queensland government releasing an Olympic venue plan almost four years after Brisbane was named host.