The 2023/24 federal budget, the second for the Albanese Labor government, delivers on election promises while taking steps to deal with global economic headwinds.
Native animals and plants at risk of extinction will be protected by two new agencies in a bid to get the nation's ailing environment out of intensive care.
Farmers will be hit with "modest" fees under a new national $1 billion biosecurity system, which the federal government describes as the first model to consistently protect the industry from threats of disease and pests.
The Albanese government will invest in services, people, places and local economies to ensure regional Australians' voices are heard in a decade of growth.
More money has been put aside to help deal with a backlog of veteran claims and cash retention bonuses will be handed out to Australian Defence Force members to continue serving in the force.
Cheap loans for energy upgrades and nation-building new industries have been backed in the budget to permanently reduce power bills and create clean jobs.
Single mothers and staff in feminised workforces are some of the biggest winners in the federal budget, which puts improvements to women's lives front and centre.Â
An overhaul of the petroleum resource rent tax will make a meaningful contribution to the budget and help get Australia's finances back on track, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says.
Hard-nosed billionaires like green energy champion Andrew Forrest, and his former venture partner Mike Cannon-Brookes, know that Australia's future prosperity will come from sunshine and electrons.
Economic output and similar markers aren't the best measures of wellbeing but momentum is growing to tackle issues that fall between the pages of the budget.
