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Analysis – This week's Budget has more than just financial accounts and the allocations can provide clues to the direction of foreign policy under the new ministers, Geoffrey Miller writes.

The Ministry of Truth has apparently taken over the preparation of Department of Health Budget “fact” sheets. A decision which will increase the cost of private health insurance for thousands of Australians is presented as “making private health insurance simpler and more affordable”.

The Victorian budget was delivered on 20 May 2021 and included a number of significant measures including proposed increases in the rates of stamp duty, land tax and payroll tax as well as the proposed introduction of certain temporary exemptions and concessions.

With funding confirmed in Budget 2021, home and community support workers will soon be paid their normal hourly rate while driving from one client

The big winners in Victoria's latest state budget get a massive boost. On Thursday Treasurer Tim Pallas announced the state's key-spend Covid recovery plan with a simple message that "every dollar gets more Victorians back to work" The biggest splash of $3.

Analysis – Does Finance Minister Grant Robertson's Budget match up with the public's hopes and expectations? RNZ is here to clear it all up.

Measures such as investment in skills, CBD revitalisation, tax relief and investment into mental health have been welcomed by the organisation. However, it has also questioned "the unintended consequences of extra levies on business and land tax …

Biosecurity, agricultural emissions research and farm planning were areas that received a funding boost in yesterday's Budget.

Climate action groups say their low expectations for spending to tackle climate change in yesterday's Budget were well and truly borne out.

Property prices have been soaring since the end of 2020's extended lockdowns, fuelled by ultra-low interest rates and government incentives. But can the boom last?