The Albanese government has delivered its final budget ahead of an election in May, with a fresh new round of tax cuts the major offer. Find out who else is set to benefit and who may miss out.
See also (overviews)
- The Conversation: At a glance: the 2025 federal budget (includes a simple calculator for the tax cuts)
- SBS News: Here’s what the 2025 federal budget would look like if it were $100 (simple overview of where the money comes from and what it’s being spent on)
- The Guardian: Australia budget 2025: the seven graphs you need to see
See also (general / politics)
- ABC News: The $17b tax cut no-one saw coming leads a pre-election budget where everyone’s a winner
- The Conversation: This week’s federal budget will focus on cost-of-living measures – and a more uncertain global economy
- The Conversation: Tax cuts are coming, but not soon, in a cautious budget
- The Conversation: The 2025 budget has few savings and surprises but it also ignores climate change
- ABC News: Election battlelines drawn as tax clash overshadows ‘budget for uncertain times’
- The Conversation: A ‘modest’ tax bribe, delivered against dark clouds of Trump-induced uncertainty
- The Guardian: Coalition will not support Labor’s budget tax cuts, Angus Taylor says
See also (specific areas)
- SBS News: Security funding for Jewish, Muslim worship sites in $178m social cohesion package
- ABC News: What the federal budget holds for businesses ahead of the election
- ABC News: A booming trade in illegal cigarettes has cost the federal budget $6.9 billion
- ABC News: Federal budget funds will expand the Help to Buy housing scheme. This is how it will work
- ABC News: Government uses federal budget to announce a ban on non-compete clauses for nearly 3m workers
- The Guardian: Labor defies criticism to add 3,400 public service roles
- ABC News: Women’s health a ‘national priority’ as federal budget unveils new endometriosis clinics, menopause support
- The Conversation: The 2025 federal budget fails the millions of voters who want action on Australia’s struggling environment
- The Conversation: Australia stands firm behind its foreign aid in the budget, but the future remains precarious
- The Conversation: Is this the right budget for these economic times? We asked 5 experts
Well, I guess I’m technically a winner. From what I can tell, nothing substantial.
The most significant may actually be the Doctors & PBS increased funding, though I’ve been lucky on the health side of things so far.
Things are tough for a lot of people, and I hope those who really need it get something in the budget that really helps them.