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 ...

Tasmania's budget deficit has surged by half a billion dollars this year, driven by unbudgeted health spending and disaster ...

MCA chief executive Tania Constable, who warned the government that Australia risked a decade of budget deficits and lower living standards without urgent policy changes, said not enough was done ...

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 ...

Sky News host Paul Murray says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is going “on and on” about his election promises as he is set to delve Australia into budget deficits for the “next 40 years”.

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 political battle over tax cuts comes as the government grapples with a worsening budget position. Treasury figures have projected an underlying cash deficit of $33.5 billion for the 2024-25 ...