Latest news: Federal budget

Will the Budget give thousands of Canberrans a tax break - or disadvantage some of Canberra’s most vulnerable people?

The Budget has the highest ever investment in education for the ACT. Also hospitals, childcare, and aged care.

Millions for national institutions and an asbestos assistance scheme are some of the ACT boons under the Federal Budget.

Is the 2021–22 Federal Budget a job-creating boost to the economy, a marketing exercise, or part of the Coalition’s election campaign?

Two new marine parks covering 740,000 square kilometres around Christmas Island and the Cocos will be set up as part of the 2021-22 budget.

The Federal Government has allocated $167.3 million in the Budget to co-fund work on Canberra’s roads and light rail with the ACT Government.

The Federal Government has announced funding of $100 million to improve the health and protection of Australian oceans.

Homelessness is predicted to rise by 7.8% in the ACT this year, and housing stress will increase by 23.7%, according to new figures from Everybody’s Home.

In line with the theme of IWD21, 'Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world’, an open letter to the PM calls on him to address Australia’s 'gender crisis'.

The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) has joined their federal counterpart, ACOSS, in urging the Federal Government to extend the JobMaker wage subsidy to people over 35 who have been unemployed...

The much anticipated 2020-21 Federal Budget was released last night, and while praised for its high spending, it has been criticised for its lack of focus on women.

The ACT Greens have today promised a further $47.35 million in mental health funding, which would include more supported accommodation and an expansion of the Police, Ambulance, Clinician Emergency Response (PACER) program. The...