Thanks for joining us today for this edition of the ABC's federal politics blog. Shadow Finance Minister James Paterson has offered his view on today's Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO). He ...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers wrote an opinion piece in The Australian Financial Review on Monday ahead of his release of the mid-year update to the budget forecasts on Wednesday. Here are five things he ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Treasurer Jim Chalmers is signalling more cuts to government spending in this week’s mid-year budget update in a bid to keep a lid on ...

Mr Chalmers said that the upcoming budget update was “all about delivery, responsibility and restraint”. “It’s about delivering the commitments we took to the people in May,” he told Sky News Sunday ...