Federal Budget

The 2024-25 Federal Budget was announced last Tuesday and included several measures seeking to ease cost-of-living pressures, support economic growth, and advance environmental goals.Deciphering...

Infrastructure investment was included in this year’s Federal Budget, including Yan Yean Road Stage 2 under the Suburban Road Upgrades. An additional $437.3 million was...

By Grace FrostThe 2023 Federal Budget will do minimal to address the long-term impact of housing availability and affordability, according to Garry Harvey of...

By Colin MacGillivrayLabor has touted cost-of-living and healthcare relief as the centrepieces of last week’s federal budget, while the opposition has argued it does...

By Colin MacGillivrayMEMBER for McEwen Rob Mitchell has hailed last week’s federal budget as a fiscally responsible document that delivers on local election promises,...

By Colin MacGillivrayLIBERAL candidate for McEwen Richard Welch has hailed a $1.9 billion Federal Government commitment to build a Beveridge Interstate Freight Terminal, BIFT,...

By Colin MacGillivrayMITCHELL Shire leaders are calling for detailed plans for the Beveridge Intermodal Freight Terminal after the Federal Government dangled a $2 billion...

By Colin MacGillivrayMITCHELL Shire and Whittlesea councils have welcomed Federal Government funding for projects across the region in last week’s budget, but opposition members...

Member for McEwen Rob Mitchell has described last week’s Federal Budget as leaving large sections of his constituents out ‘in the cold’, while neighbouring...