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The Coalition to cut fuel excise as it opposes Labor's tax cuts.

The treasurer Jim Chalmers sets the stage for an electoral showdown with a surprise 17 billion dollar tax cut ... handing down a Budget focused on cost-of-living relief. 

Its Budget Day and easing cost-of-living pressures are expected to feature prominently in the Treasurer's speech. Will it provide the political momentum to give the Government a second term?

Years of deficits ahead with no surpluses in sight - Jim Chalmers manages expectations as he puts the final touches on his pre-election budget.

Australia's competition watchdog says Coles and Woolworths are among the most profitable supermarkets in the world.

The Government's pre-election pledge to lower the cost of drugs on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - the Federal Health Minister Mark Butler speaks to AM.

Russia to pause attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure but refuses a wider ceasefire unless Washington withdraws military support for Kyiv.

Anxiety in Kyiv ahead of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin's meeting to discuss a ceasefire in Ukraine.

The systemic failures in Australia's $20 billion childcare industry which are putting our children at serious risk.

Russia President agrees to a ceasefire with Ukraine, but wants further work on the peace deal.

Labor Ministers speak out against Donald Trump's tariffs as Peter Dutton seizes on the Government's failure to secure an exemption but was there anything Anthony Albanese could have done?

'No exemption' Donald Trump turns down a deal for Australia and imposes tariffs on aluminium and steel imports as global markets reel from the President's trade war.

Queensland's clean up begins as people return to their homes and businesses wrecked by flooding caused by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred. 

Hundreds of thousands of homes without power as heavy rain drenches parts of south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales with flooding becoming a serious problem in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred continues to cause major disruption across the eastern seaboard. The front - downgraded to a Tropical Low - is travelling slowly and dumping huge amounts of rain in its path.

Queenslanders are breathing a sigh of relief as Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred has been downgraded to a Tropical Low but the threat is far from over. 

Residents in south-east Queensland prepare for destructive winds and heavy rain as category 2 cyclone Alfred nears coast.

Residents of South East Queensland and northern New South Wales face another day bracing for Cyclone Alfred to cross the coast. 

Anxious times for Queenslanders as they scramble to get essential supplies ahead of the arrival of Cyclone Alfred.

Donald Trump stirs global tensions as Chinese warships menace the coast - national security emerges as an election issue.

Ukraine's European allies rally around Volodymyr Zelenskyy after he was kicked out of the White House.

The death of screen legend Gene Hackman and his wife, as U-S police investigate possible suspicious circumstances.

The Prime Minister accused of playing down the threat posed by Chinese warships conducting live fire exercises off Australia's coast.

The Treasurer Jim Chalmers lobbying the Trump Administration to spare Australia from the President's tariffs.

World leaders fly to Kyiv to mark the third anniversary of Russia's invasion as Emmanuel Macron visits the White House to press Ukraine's case with Donald Trump.