Josh Frydenberg will not contest his former seat at the next election after a push for him to re-enter politics, backing in the pre-selected female candidate.
Canberra Daily's April 2022 highlights include the federal election campaign, an exclusive interview with Ukrainian Ambassador to Australia Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Australia's first kava lounge, and more.
Australians will get one-off cash handouts and tax breaks and pay less for fuel under a raft of pre-election sweeteners announced in the federal budget.
A stronger-than-expected economy, a falling unemployment rate to historic lows and a commodity price boom as the result of the Russia-Ukraine war have the revenue dollars rolling in for Josh Frydenberg's fourth budget.
Federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg has described Victoria's current COVID-19 lockdown rules allowing for entry from NSW but enforcing confinement in Melbourne as "ludicrous and unacceptable".
