Australian budget 2014

News and analysis on the 2014 federal budget

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• Welfare changes: government launches new push to break legislation stalemate

  22 Oct 2014: Social security minister calls for proposals from crossbench senators as he signals plan to put bills through lower house

• Mathias Cormann calls Bill Shorten an 'economic girlie man'

  18 Oct 2014: Finance minister channels Arnold Schwarzenegger while trying to fend off budget attacks from Labor

• Climate change a CSIRO priority as new chief looks to secure funding

  15 Oct 2014: Larry Marshall says global warming is high on the public’s agenda because ‘the science is so compelling’

• Whichever way you cut it, the federal budget hurts the poorest hardest

  13 Oct 2014: The study by the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling found that in this financial year, 99.8% of households are worse off after the budget

• Tony Abbott praises Labor on Iraq, distancing himself from Joe Hockey

  9 Oct 2014: Prime minister says Labor’s support for action in Iraq should not be linked to budget measures, contradicting the treasurer

• Nick Xenophon says his form of Direct Action will actually cut emissions

  8 Oct 2014: Independent senator says his amendment proposing penalties for polluters would make the Coalition’s climate plan work

• NSW Health says GP co-payment will add 500,000 to emergency admissions

  8 Oct 2014: State health department estimates hospitals will have to cope with an extra half million patients a year if payment is introduced

• Coalition denies plan for unemployed people to apply for 40 jobs a month

  7 Oct 2014: Assistant minister says the freshly scrapped proposal was for 40 job searches, not applications, a month

• Labor claims pensions victory as Coalition cherry picks welfare bills

  2 Oct 2014: Kevin Andrews divides up proposed changes into separate bills in order to pass less controversial proposals

• Tony Abbott confirms government will 'restructure' budget measures

  1 Oct 2014: Prime minister says he stands by the cuts but appears to be prepared to concede defeat on welfare changes

• Bill Shorten: Worst of budget cuts yet to come - video

  Video (57 sec), 1 Oct 2014:

  Opposition leader Bill Shorten says Joe Hockey is working on an alternative set of budget cuts

• Clive Palmer: Deal done on mining tax - video

  Video (2min 16sec), 2 Sep 2014:

  Mining magnate MP Clive Palmer denies any conflict of interest in his party's decision to vote in support of killing off the mining tax

• Mining tax repeal deal – the full letter to Clive Palmer

  Interactive, 2 Sep 2014:

  The mining tax is set to be abolished after a deal with the Palmer United party (PUP) in which the government delayed $6.5bn of budget savings

• Mining tax repealed as legislation passes Senate after Palmer United deal

  2 Sep 2014: Mining tax scrapped after agreement with Palmer United party to delay abolition of schoolkids bonus and other savings

• Mining tax repeal: Coalition tries again, despite likely defeat in Senate

  1 Sep 2014: Decision to rush new bill through the lower house triggered complaints about ‘farcical’ parliamentary procedures

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