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Topic: federal budget
The recently released budget outcome reveals a different economic landscape to what Joe Hockey described. For a start, it showed the largest year-to-year fall in the budget deficit ever.

Budget emergency? Not if you look at Hockey’s new numbers

Economy

Sep 30, 2013

19

The Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Outlook reveals virtually nothing new compared to Labor's Economic Statement. Now it's over to the Coalition.

PEFO fiscal update: nothing to see here, folks

Economy

Aug 13, 2013

73

Labor has reached for the razor to keep its surplus promise, grabbing revenue from non-politically sensitive groups. The "economy in transition" mantra was strong in Chris Bowen's response.

An economy in transition — now more than ever

Economy

Aug 02, 2013

3

The government has unveiled its pre-election mini-budget, aiming to raise revenue and cut spending to return to forecast by 2015-16. But it's going to be a painful journey.

Cigs, public servants and visa charges to pay for Labor’s surplus

Economy

Aug 02, 2013

9

What do the political and economic analysts make of the 2013 federal budget? <em>Crikey</em> wraps the commentary from the websites and newspapers.

Commentary wrap: how the gallery is calling it

Companies

May 14, 2013

<em>Crikey</em> readers talk economics, the upcoming budget and the tragedy of duck shooting.

Ducks in even more trouble than economists

Comments, corrections, clarifications and cock-ups

Apr 03, 2013

How is Labor going to pay for its big-ticket promises on education and disability care? <em>Crikey</em> intern <b>Ben Westcott</b> asks leading economists whether Wayne Swan should tinker with super, Medicare, taxes or the GST to balance his books.

Ask the economists: we balance Swan’s books

Economy

Apr 02, 2013

28

Kevin Rudd is likely to bide his time before making any kind of leadership challenge. Plus other political issues of the day.

Richard Farmer’s chunky bits

Politics

Mar 18, 2013

3

The government will need more cuts to protect its slim surplus, but is it really what the economy needs? The fetishism around returning to surplus is spooking business.

A promise worth breaking: the surplus is slipping away

Economy

Dec 03, 2012

12

Perhaps the promised budget surplus for this financial year will be the next thing jettisoned.

Budget surplus next to go?

Richard Farmer’s chunky bits

Aug 29, 2012

1

Christine Milne has reiterated her commitment to moving the economic focus to households and quality of life in her budget reply.

Milne reprises key themes in budget reply

Federal

May 11, 2012

1

We were promised a Labor budget and we got one, at least Labor in its modern sense of a managerialist party that still faintly remembers the old nostrums of equity and opportunity that form what's left of its core values.

Battler’s budget won’t do much for Labor, but won’t hurt its legacy

Federal

May 08, 2012

2

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