The federal government will borrow more money than the states this year for the first time since the pandemic, heaping more pressure on Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

Following shocking abuse allegations, the Federal Government will push for new laws to tighten oversight and funding for ...

Voters back greater federal funding as the best way out of Tasmania’s debt spiral, according to new polling conducted by the ...

In normal times, fiscal and monetary policy moved in sync. Today, big government is fueling the very inflation central banks ...

The US president’s liberation day tariffs are due to return from July 9, with warnings they could do as much inflation damage ...

History supports Moody’s assessment that “successive US administrations and Congress have failed to agree on measures to ...

Jim Chalmers admitted earlier in June that his budget was not sustainable. With the exception of resource-rich Western Australia, the same can be said of most state and territory budgets, The ...

Australia's most populous state has been dealt a brutal blow.

Sky News host Paul Murray discusses how most of the “promises” made by Labor during the federal election campaign would increase debt. “Good debt would normally be spent on things like ...

The Australian government has unveiled its 2025-26 federal budget, focusing on cost-of-living relief, tax cuts, and support for households, students and businesses. With a general election ...

The government’s $940bn gross debt figure blows out by more than $280bn over the next four years, while net debt also increases every year, going up from $556bn to $768.2bn.