The $20 billion-plus spendathon is increasingly being whacked on the national credit card for working-age people and future ...

Asia Market Update: Weak US tone bleeds across to Asia, except HK outperforming, later boosted by HK property support ...

Special interest groups have always been a headache for government deficits and efficiency. Now they are running Washington.

Four Republicans known for being deficit hawks face pressure from President Donald Trump to sign off on a GOP-led budget that ...

In a blow to the Albanese government, the latest polling has the two-party preferred gap widening, and Labor headed for ...

Peter Dutton has raised doubts about the Coalition’s commitment to fiscal prudence after immediately outbidding Labor’s $8.5bn spending splurge on Medicare without any detail on how it would be paid ...

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index climbed 3.63% in its last hour of trade. Gains were led by the consumer and technology sectors as the city pledged in its budget announcement today to develop itself into ...

However, only 46% were aware of consecutive budget surpluses ... Clive Palmer had voluntarily deregistered the United Australia Party after the 2022 election. The High Court denied his attempt ...

The election has not yet been called and both parties have pledged $8.5 billion for GP visits despite pledging to rein in costs.

House Republicans suffered what a CNN reporter called a "major setback" as they pulled back a vote on their own budget plan ...

Anthony Albanese joined Kevin Rudd to oust Julia Gillard as prime minister with the aim of “saving the furniture” for Labor ...

Donald Trump’s new defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has enormous challenges ahead of him—challenges that could seriously ...