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Energy bill relief, increased rent assistance and tax cuts for all - it's a Federal Budget aimed at easing cost-of-living pressures but the big question for economists is whether it's going to help the Reserve Bank curb inflation?

For the first time in nearly 20 years, a federal government will claim a back-to-back surplus. The Treasurer is forecast a surplus for the current financial year of close to ten billion dollars.

A gloomy economic outlook is set to dominate tomorrow's federal budget, as the Albanese government attempts to balance cost-of-living relief with the need to keep inflation down.

The Federal Government faces a backlash from its own backbench over it's plan for more investment in gas.

As the federal government is releasing its future Gas strategy

Besieged Palestinians cut off from aid as Israel's seizes the main border crossing into Gaza.

Hamas accepts a cease-fire proposal from Israel to halt fighting in Gaza but can it prevent the planned assault on Rafah where more than half of Gaza’s population, is sheltering?

The online radicalisation of vulnerable teens back in the spotlight in the wake of the police shooting of a 16 year old in WA.

A Perth family is pleading for help in the search for two Australians missing in Mexico.

Nearly a billion dollars to stop violence against women - what do frontline services think of the government's plan?

The Bright Side shines a light on stories of hope and problem-solving people around Australia.

National Cabinet set to meet to address rising rates of domestic violence tearing at the nation's social fabric.

The Government takes a billion dollar gamble to develop the world's first commercially viable quantum computer network.

As Australians rally against violence towards women, the Prime Minister calls a National Cabinet meeting to discuss what can be done.

A New York appeals court overturns Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's conviction for sex crimes, setting up a re-trial of the case.

The Bright Side shines a light on stories of hope and problem-solving people around Australia.

This ANZAC Day, Australians commemorate those who've sacrificed to make our country safe - hear one family's story. For four generations they've proudly served. Now,  they want to highlight the contribution Indigenous people have made to our military.

AM is Australia's most informative morning current affairs program.

Billionaire Elon Musk cries censorship as the Federal Court orders social media platform X to hide video footage of the Sydney church stabbing.

As Sydney honours the victims of the Bondi mass murder - both sides of politics look set to back a crackdown on the spread of misinformation on social media.

"A preventable tragedy": concerns about an overwhelmed child protection system after the suicide of a child in Western Australia.

The Bright Side shines a light on stories of hope and problem-solving people around Australia.

Comprehending, reflecting and moving on - Sydney deals with grief as Bondi Junction prepares to re-open up after Saturday's brutality; Those paying off their university fees could be hit with even higher HECS debt; and the largely forgotten history of the thousands of men - and their camels -  from the Middle East and South Asia who helped develop Australia's arid interior and spark a gold rush.

A call for calm as tensions simmer across Sydney after the stabbing of an Assyrian priest during a church service.

Sydney on edge after a Priest targeted in a stabbing attack - police then facing an angry and violent crowd.