Australian budget 2014
News and analysis on the 2014 federal budget
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Robb review says no significant research was done before the deeply unpopular measures were introduced
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Community legal centres ask Coalition to reverse 30% funding cut from 1 July but attorney general calls claim ‘misleading’
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Shadow treasurer to tell financial summit election shows voters are worried about falling living standards and Coalition must focus on inclusive growth
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More than $8bn worth of savings that have failed to pass the Senate are still counted in the Coalition’s budget plans, only some of which Labor will support
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Bill Shorten pledges to axe 2014 budget cut to pharmaceutical benefits scheme, which has been booked as saving $1.3bn but is blocked by the Senate
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Cuts budgeted since 2014 will cost big hospitals like Royal Melbourne more than $1.3bn over 10 years, lobby group says
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State premiers are concerned the prime minister’s new state income tax plan will muddy discussions about looming hospitals and schools funding crisis
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Labor accuses the government of ‘disgraceful’ refusal to publish any of the 550 pages of papers outlining impact of cuts on families
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Exclusive: Ricky Muir, John Madigan and Nick Xenophon request extra $200m to help restructure industry, but are told they must pass family tax benefit cuts first
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Government offers to lose half the $6bn savings from its stalled family tax benefit cuts in order to get legislation through the Senate
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Australian Medical Association says reviewing every item on the Medicare benefits scheme on safety grounds suggests doctors use it as a cash cow
Warm words in Morrison's budget barely disguise a story of fiscal failure