Politics
Josh Frydenberg may have been forgiven a brief shudder as he returned to South Australia to stand side by side with the state’s Premier – a scenario that, five years ago, set the stage for one of his most awkward political encounters.
Opinion
As lockdowns extend and cases rise, the Morrison Government is committed to reopening the country as a federal election approaches, writes Michelle Grattan.
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Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has told an Adelaide audience that the government backs the return of Chinese students to Australian universities, following questions about the impact of fraught diplomatic relations and the financial hit from the pandemic and closed borders.
The Morrison Government’s pre-election budget is about boosting jobs, services and the economy, as a surplus becomes a distant memory, writes Michelle Grattan.
Australia will splash cash on roads, rail and training in a federal budget designed to create a quarter of a million jobs over the next two years, with the Morrison government also spending billions to address critical shortfalls in government services including aged care, disability and mental health.
Tomorrow’s federal budget aims to balance COVID economic recovery with political imperatives ahead of an election by May 2022, writes Michelle Grattan.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will use a speech in Canberra today to outline the strategy for his May 11 budget and his plan to drive the national jobless rate below five per cent.
